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Traditions & Encounters: Chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

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CH. 3 ? Africa Egypt: Political Longest lasting empire Theocracy Upper/Lower Egypt united through Menes Capital: Memphis Sets up a dynasty [power passed down a ruling family] Liked Nubia for trade/political [war] reasons Wanted profit from controlling trade Nubia wanted independence from bigger nation Hyskos ruled Egypt after conquering with horses/bronze weapons Kicked out after Upper Egypt pushed them out with their own horses/bronze weapons New Kingdom After New declined in politics/military Kushite/Assyrian armies took over Egypt Economy Isolated from most other cultures After New Kingdom, conquers + trades with other cultures Specialized labor Masonry [stonework] Bronze metallurgy high cost iron metallurgy

Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 14 June 2015 Chapter 3 Outline African Societies/Bantu Migrations 3k yrs., Egyptian embalmers preserved deceased thrumummification Greek historian Herodotus traveled in Egypt in 450 BC/explained craft Embalmer used metal hook to draw brain out thru nostril/removed organs thru incision made in abdomen, washed them in palm wine, sealed them with preservatives in stone vessels Washed body, filled it with spices/aromatics, covered for 2 months with natron, salt Natron extracted moisture, embalmer cleansed body/wrapped it with linen covered with resin; adorned with jewelry, went into coffin bearing painting of deceased

Cerritos high school ap world history hw 2015

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WHAP (World History AP) Summer Assignment - 2015 Mr. M. Armstrong, Mr. D. Toyama If you need the text to complete the summer assignment, the library will be checking-out AP textbooks on June 28th from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Students MUST have ID card to check the book out. Books WILL NOT be issued without ID card. 1) The text for the class will be: Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past, 5th Edition by Bentley, Jerry; Ziegler, Herbert Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education Copyright Year: 2011 Print ISBN-10: 0-07-338564-6 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-07-338564-8 If you wish to purchase the text, try the following. Amazon.com Yahoo Shopping Half.com Nextag.com ecampus.com alibris.com

Crash Course 4

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CRASH COURSE HISTORY RESPONSE FORM #___W2_______ TOPIC/TITLE: Ancient Egypt NAME: Casey Murphy LIST TWO NEW FACTS YOU LEARNED: a) In the first 3-4 minutes * Lasted from 3000 B.C.E. to 32 B.C.E., which is unusually long. *The Nile River flooded at exactly the right time every year, which made planting seeds in the very easy because it was so soft and the ground was very fertile. b) In the middle * 3 Kingdoms: The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The New Kingdom * Pyramids were and other monuments were built for kings. c) In the last 3-4 minutes *2 Forms of writing: Hieroglyphics and Demotic Script * King Tut was about 17 when he died and could have died from an infected broken leg and or malaria.

World History Notes

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The Nile RVC Egypt centered on the Nile - Longest river in the world at 4,180 miles. Food grown on its banks-wheat, barley, flax, cotton. July-Oct flooded. Left silt-fertile mud, irrigation used. Winds blow from the Mediterranean. Can use the current down stream, use winds to go upstream. 3800BC- emergence of Egyptians. Jewelry, pottery, used metals. Papyrus ? basis for word ?paper?. From the papyrus reed plant. Cut stem, spread, placed crossways then pounded, dried. 3000BC- Hieroglyphics ? Greek for ?sacred writing?. Some 600 signs. 1798-French invaded Egypt under Napoleon with scholars, surveyors, scientists. 1799-French officer finds the Rosetta Stone (named for part of the Nile delta)

The Earth and Its People 3rd edition Chapter 1 Notes (Part 2)

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Violence and Order in the Babylonia New Years Festival Egypt Geographical Barriers Proves the impact of natural environment on history and culture of society. Egypt is located at the intersection of Asia and Africa, surrounded by desert and marshy sea coast. Isolation Geographical barriers isolated Egypt from other lands. Unlike Mesopotamia, Egypt was not open to migration or invasion. Cultural Isolation Physical, geographical isolation led to cultural isolation of Egypt. Egyptians learned to be dependent on material self sufficiency because imported resources were unavailable, and self sufficiency encouraged unique culture of Egypt. The Land of Egypt: ?Gift of the Nile? The Nile

Egyptian art test

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Test Name: Egyptian Art 1. b. gold 2. c. Napoleon 3. a. dynasties 4. b. athletic and youthful 5. d. Amun; Ra; Ptah 6. b. ka 7. a. necropolis 8. a. Imhotep 9. c. Giza 10. d. Khafre 11. c. pectoral serdab 12. b. Thutmose III 13. b. house 14. b. papyrus 15. b. Hatshepsut 16. b. Valley of the Kings 17. a. The Palette of Narmer 18. b. very little 19. d. all of the above 20. a. hieroglyphics 21. c. palette 22. d. funerary temple 23. a. limestone 24. b. frontally 25. d. a coral necklace 26. b. bodily organs 27. b. his relaxed and animated pose 28. a. a squared grid 29. b. skill in their jobs 30. c. stelae 31. b. the hypostyle hall 32. a. pylon 33. c. male king 34. a. sunken 35. c. core-formed 36. a. Carter 37. a. south/b. north 38. a. Djoser 39. a. Khufu 40. a. ankh 41. 42. 43.

Egypt Old Kingdom

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Egypt Old kingdom Narmer Palettes Pharonic Portraiture Cannon of proportions Artisitic conventions Social hierarchy Scribes Elite tombs Mastama Stepped pyramid Great pyramid Middle kingdom Social change New kingdom Late bronze age International Amarna letters Ashlar masonry Building methods Pose Scale Masehead Watercourse Parallel wavy lines Capital
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