Study Guide: End of the Pharaohs
Important names, terms, and concepts
New Kingdom begins 1500s BCE
New Kingdom ends 1000s BCE
Alexander the Great's Conquest of Egypt: 332 BCE
Cleopatra's defeat by the Romans & death 30 BCE
Piye
Apis Bulls
Alexander the Great
Alexandria
Cleopatra
Isis in the Greco-Roman period
Temple of Isis at Philae
Greco-Roman mummies
Study Questions
How does Piye represent himself in the inscription in Simpson? Does he represent himself as Egyptian? How/how not? Why is this important?
Is Cleopatra Greek, Egyptian, or both? Why do you answer this question in the way you do?
Religious or cultural syncretism is the combination, mixture, or fusion of different religious or cultural systems (with different origins) together: What are some examples of syncretism in the assignments for today? How do they express a mixture of two or more traditions?