Changes to the Reading Assignment
Important names and terms (may be on this quiz and subsequent quizzes)
You only need to know the "Egyptian" version of the name as Mieroop uses it. I list alternatives just for your reference
Narmer
Scorpion
Menes
Djoser (sometimes Zoser)
Imhotep
Khufu (in Greek: Cheops)
Red Crown (recognize image)
White Crown (recognize image)
Double crown (recognize image)
benben stone
Ptah
Memphis (be able to place it on a map!)
These names will come back over the next couple of days in the readings; will not be on today's quiz but may be on the next one:
Seneferu
Khafra (in Greek: Chephren)
Menkaura (in Greek Mycerinus)
Dates: Unification~3000 BCE (Dynasty 1 begins 3000, unification possibly earlier); Old Kingdom begins 2600s
Discussion & Study Questions
How & why did North and South finally unify? Who were the major players? Were there other economic or political factors?
What is the significance of the Memphite theology? How is it similar to or different from the other myths we studied?
What are the values and ethics promoted in the Maxims of Ptahhotep?
You are welcome to bring any other questions/discussion topics to class as well.