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Notes on video lecture:
The Egyptian Empire at its Greatest Extent
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on June 6, 2016 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
v, Lebanon, Punt, cattle, barley, sixth, Regia, beer, Levant, Maris, 15th, Damascus, Jordan, luxury, Ethiopia, boats, food, Nubia, sea, Mountains, waterfalls
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New Kingdom Period
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         century BCE
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the largest extent of Egyptian rule
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occupies the whole of the Nile Valley to the            cataracts
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cataracts are little                      on the Nile that make trade by boat particularly challenging
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all the way up through the Middle East into   
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mainly for commercial reasons
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there are certain things grown in this part of the world that Egyptians cannot produce themselves
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stretched as far south as Punt and           
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produce wheat and              in surplus
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can sell it
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makes them self-sufficient for         
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they have to buy wood from other places
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mainly from               
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cedar trees
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they also need resin for burial processes
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trade routes
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the             
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related to the word for the rising sun, e.g. levitate
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the Via           , or "King's Highway"
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Roman trade route
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starts in Memphis, goes across the Sinai Peninsula, up the eastern bank of the              River
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land route which Egypt and the kingdom's of Mesopotamia
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donkey and camel
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not horses or             
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sturdy beasts that can carry loads
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the Via           , "Sea Road"
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begins in Memphis
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along the coast through Gaza, to Tyre
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goes overland to                  in Syria
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connected with Arabia
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indirect connections to India
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Egyptian           
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Funerary model of Egyptian boat
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from a tomb
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a Nile boat
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used for long periods
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not particularly skilled at        travel
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boat travel for the Egyptians was mostly up and down the Nile
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wine
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was a              import
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the wealthy enjoyed drinking wine
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         could be produced
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wine could not be produced in Egypt
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imported from Greece
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referred to it as the "Beer from the                   "
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Laborers Carrying Wine in Amphorae
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art: Hatshepsut's Expedition to the Land of         
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Punt was an area to the south of Egypt in the horn of Africa
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modern day                  and Yemen
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no one is sure of the extent of the land of Punt
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Hatshepsut sent a large trading delegation there
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traded to get gold, resin, ebony and wild animals
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was a connection with India
Differences between Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
Ancient Egyptian War, Politics and Gods
The Egyptian Empire at its Greatest Extent