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 6th Grade Social StudiesName:_______________________Mr. WestEarly Egypt and the Three KingdomsUnification of Two LandsAncient Egypt had two parts called Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt . Upper Egypt was in the south, stretched for more than five hundred miles from the first cataract to the north to the beginning of the Nile delta. Lower Egypt, which was in the north, was the Nile delta itself. Though it was only a hundred miles long Lower Egypt is many times wider than Upper Egypt.By about 3300 B.C., both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt had __________. The king of Lower Egypt wore a short, boxy looking, ______ crown with a tall spike at the back and a curlicue at the front. The king of Upper Egypt wore something quite different: he wore a tall, ________, pear shaped crown. Ancient sources say Menes was the ________ of Egypt. Menes is one of the archaic Egyptian kings bearing the name Scorpion. Some sources say he was the son of ________, while others say he was Narmer. There is no tangible proof either way. At around 3100 B.C., King Menes defeated the king of Lower Egypt. After this he united both lands and called himself king of both Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.To celebrate his victory and to show the unity of the two lands, Menes ____________ the two crowns into one unified crown.Three Kingdoms of Egypt_____________________ divide ancient Egypt's history into three big blocks of time. In each block of time, all pharaohs behaved in a certain way. These blocks of time were called __________. Scientists named these blocks the ______ Kingdom, the __________ Kingdom, and the ________ Kingdom.The Old PeriodDuring the time of the _______________, pharaohs were buried in ____________. It was time consuming to build a pyramid. It was _____________ to build a pyramid. It was hard to hide a pyramid. ___________________ would target pyramids to try and steal the pharaoh’s _______________, or items buried with him.Pyramids turned out to be a great deal of trouble and expense. Pyramids went out of style.The Middle PeriodDuring the time of the ____________________, pharaohs were buried in __________________ all over the place. The Egyptian tomb __________ did a wonderful job hiding the tombs. Archaeologist know what pharaohs ruled during this time period. The ancient Egyptians believed if you didn't have your name written down somewhere, you would ____________ from your afterlife. Everybody wanted to enjoy their afterlife, so Pharaohs' had their name written down and _______________ everywhere. But, archaeologists still have not found all the tombs.The New PeriodDuring the time of the __________________, pharaohs were all buried in hidden tombs in the same __________________. Archaeologists call this area the ___________ of the _____________. This was a compromise for the ancient Egyptians. It was during this time period in history that Egypt became a world power in the ancient world. ................
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