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Arch100
Module 8 - Coggle Diagram
Arch100
Module 8
E - Middle Kingdom
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Middle Kingdom (2040-1640) Dynasties 11-14
Mentuhoptep II ruled half an century
consolidating borders and fortifications
expanding trade relationships with the middle east
gold age of pyramid building is over
collapsed due to flood
2nd Intermediate Period (Dynasties 15-17)
weak centralized rule
Ahmose I drive out Hyksos
establish buffer zone around Egypt
The New Kingdom 18th-20th Dynasties
Great prosperity, riches poured into Egypt
Old temple renovated
New complexes and sanctuaries constructed
Glass making - Egyptian Faience
Mummification - preserving for eternity
name, shadow, life force(ka)
personality or soul (pa), spirit (akh)
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Tutankhamun
short lived 18th Dynasty Pharaoh
Tomb of Gold, burial chamber, treasury
Cleopatra
Greek descent, last active pharaoh during Roman Empier
D - Old Kingdom Egypt
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Stepped pyramid of Djoser
60m high, 140 EW
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part of larger complex
temple, court, house
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Red Pyramid
four flat, triangular faces
reddish hued limestone
Great Pyramid of Khufu (2551 - 2528 BCE)
2.3 million limestone, weighing up to 16 tones
outer casing stripped to build city of Cairo
three chambers accessible via passageways
massive labor forces
part of larger pyramid complex
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Great Sphinx
240 feet long, 66 feet high
first colossal sculpture of the ancient world
face thought to be Pharaoh Khafre
wear Pharaonic nemes
sculpted from limestone bedrock deposit
B - Mesopotamia
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Source of authority (temple, palace and city council)
Clothing and hairstyle marking status
Agade Period (Akkadian Empire 2334-2230 BC)
professional army, award captured land to supports, local agent, disintegrate due to drought
C - Pre-dynastic Egypt
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Hierakonpolis village
pottery, burials
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Rossetta Stone
Hieroglyphic, Demotic, Greek
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