Back to Syllabus.
Everyone is expected to take the test on Friday (13 February). If an emergency prevents you being there, you must contact me or Deanna Mellican, most preferably before the test date. Your syllabus has email addresses and phone numbers for us.
Section 1: Pictures, and specific questions about them to answer. (no choice)
Section 2: Factual questions and short identifications. (no choice)
Section 3: Topic(s) (sites, pharaohs, etc.) to discuss in a paragraph or so. (choice)Use the daily handouts as a guide to what is important. You should be able to correlate these with class notes and with the textbooks. You are responsible for the information in those texts about what we said in class: the handouts will guide you toward the topics, places, etc. you need to know about.
You do NOT have to know specific dates. You DO need to know relative chronology&emdash; who/what came after what, and general dates for the Old, Middle and New Kingdom.
Egyptian names are spelled different ways in different books. Go by the handouts, and give it your best shot. Just make sure I can figure out who you mean!
You should be able to define the following important terms: pharaoh, ma'at, mastaba, palette, pylon, vizier.
You should know what is important about the major sites we have covered--what happened there; what monuments are there:
Amarna (Akhetaten)
Giza
Luxor
Abu Simbel
Hierakonpolis
Memphis
Beni Hasan
Kadesh
Saqqara
Deir el-Bahari
Karnak
Thebes
The handouts will tell you who's important. Mostly pharaohs and a few gods: Horus, Re, Osiris, Amen, Aten
Hierankonpolis the capital
contact with foreigners
Hierakonpolis wall painting, Scorpion macehead--what is the symbolism?
transition from predynastic period to Dynasty I; rise to statehood; unification of Egypt
Narmer--what did he do? (where's the capital?)
Narmer's palette--what does it show? what does it celebrate?
Dynasty III
Zoser, Imhotep (who was he? what did he do?)
step pyramid complex at Saqqara--what are its main component parts?
seated statue of Zoser--how is it typical of pharaoh statues?
relief panel of Hesire
Dynasty IV
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
pyramid complexes at Giza--what are the main component parts? compare to Zoser's
statues of pharaohs, including sphinx
Dynasties IV-VI
statues of non-royal people--compare to statues of pharaohs
what sorts of things are found in tombs? how are tombs decorated?
review information about king and society (where's the capital?)
what happened? what was the impact and effect?
Dynasty XI
Mentuhotep reunifies Egypt (where's the capital?)
funeral complex at Deir el-Bahari
Dynasty XII
Amenemhet I usurps throne to start dynasty (where's the capital?)
Sesostris III, Amenemhet III
statues reflect somber mood of time
Beni Hasan tombs of nobles; wall paintings
political control in Egypt? foreign contacts?
Hyksos intervene; capital at Avaris in delta
what new things did they introduce into Egypt?
several competing power groups (dynasties), no unifying government
Dynasty XVIII
Ahmose throws out the Hyksos
Hatshepsut--who was she? why did she rule? pharaoh, not just regent
funeral complex at Deir el-Bahari--foreign campaigns part of decoration
vizier Senmut
Tuthmosis III--what was his attitude toward Hatshepsut? How do we know?
campaigns into Syria-Palestine
tomb of Nakht and other nobles at Thebes
what sorts of things do paintings depict?
Amenhotep III--long, powerful reign; foreign contacts; stability
Queen Tiy--commoner, became Great Royal Wife
Akhenaten--why did he change his name from Amenhotep IV?
nature of Aten religious cult
moved capital to Amarna
distinctive art--what is it like, compared to traditional art?
what other changes did he make?
Tutankhamen--young, short reign
reversion to traditional religion (where's the capital?)
fabulous tomb finds--Howard Carter
problem of heredity--inbreeding, relationships clarified by DNA testing
problem of succession; Tut had no living children; his wife forced to marry Ay
Dynasty XIX
temples--what are typical features?
what are typical examples? what is unusual about Abu Simbel?
Ramses II--battle of Kadesh
Last update: 8 February 2004