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1. For whom was the bent pyramid built?

2. Under which king was the step pyramid at Saqqara built?

3. Which legendary ruler founded Memphis?

4. Under which dynasty were Upper and Lower Egypt united?

5. Which ruler conquered Nubia?

6. What was so memorable about Akhenaten?

7. Who was the father of Akhenaten who encouraged realism in art and married Tiyi, a non-royal?

8. In which dynasty and which ruler organized Egypt into 4 regions?

9. Who were the invaders known as the Hyksos

10. We have surviving papyri from as early as the 5th Dynasty, but it wasn't until the sixth that we have records of a trading expedition. During whose reign were the earliest of these written?

11. Who ruled the whole country from Herakleopolis in the First Intermediate Period?

12. Who was a general who never lost a battle (aka "the Napoleon of ancient Egypt") and the nephew of Hatshepsut?

13. For whom was the Great Pyramid at Giza built?

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