![]() The Egyptians all lived very close to the river or in oases. Except where it is fed by rivers, this part of the world is very dry. Color the remainder of the land yellow.It didn’t work though, these tombs were raided as well. By the time of the New Kingdom the tombs of the old kings were sacked and raided so the New Kingdom pharaohs carved hidden tombs in the Valley of the Kings near Thebes.They started with their capital at Thebes and then moved it to Memphis. The kings of the New Kingdom began to call themselves pharaoh and spent a lot of time and money on conquering their neighbors. Color the box in the key next to “New Kingdom” brown. Color the Sinai Peninsula up through Canaan brown as well. Color the land near the Nile up to the fourth cataract brown.Then they also took a little bit more of the Nile to the south. The Middle Kingdom kings regained the lands of the Old Kingdom after they lost them to invaders. Color the lands up to the third cataract green. Color the Middle Kingdom in the key dark green.They took wheat, salt, and copper south to Punt and Arabia where they traded for gold, ivory, animals, exotic wood, and spices. ![]() The Old Kingdom Egyptians had several ports along this coast. Color the half circle on the Red Sea coast near Thebes light green as well. ![]() The Egyptians built sailing ships and traded across the sea with Punt, Arabia, Greece, and Crete. Color the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea light blue.The Old Kingdom people built the Great Pyramids.Draw more trade route arrows between the oases and then up to Memphis. From the time of the Old Kingdom caravans of donkeys carried gold, ivory, spices, exotic animals and wheat along that route to and from Kush and Sudan. Draw trade route arrows from Kharga oasis to Thebes and towards the third cataract.Label the oases from north to south: Bahariya Oasis, Dakhla oasis, and Kharga Oasis. ![]() Then color the land around the oases light green as well.
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