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Early monuments from this period at Wadi Maghareh in the Sinai Peninsula include rock tables from Djoser and Sneferu, and a relief showing Sahure dispatching a fleet to the Red Sea. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this third-millennium BCE period of ancient Egyptian history that was followed by the First Intermediate Period and a subsequent “Middle” counterpart.
ANSWER: Old Kingdom [accept Age of the Pyramids or Age of the Pyramid-Builders; prompt on Third, Fourth or Fifth Dynasties by asking “what broader period were those part of?”]
[10h] The Sinai peninsula was referred to as the “Mining Country” and the “Ladders of” this material due to its prevalence there. A temple to Hathor was built in support of mining this material by Senusret I.
ANSWER: turquoise [or mefkat or mafkat or mfk’t]
[10m] The rock-cut chamber at Serabit el-Khadim, where turquoise was mined, was later expanded by this pharaoh. This stepson of Hatshepsut won the Battle of Megiddo.
ANSWER: Thutmose III [or Thutmose the Great; accept “Thutmosis” or “Thothmes” in place of “Thutmose”; prompt on Thutmose or Tuthmosis or Thothmes]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
11117.2791%73%9%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Brown AMIT A1001020EM
Carnegie Mellon ACarnegie Mellon B0000
Case Western AMichigan A1001020EM
Chicago AIndiana B1001020EM
Chicago BIllinois C1001020EM
Harvard ABrandeis B100010E
Illinois AChicago D1001020EM
Michigan BOhio State A100010E
Virginia Tech AVirginia A1001020EM
WashU AIndiana A10101030EHM
WashU BMissouri S&T1001020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Great Lakes2025-02-01310.0067%33%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%
Midwest2025-02-01522.00100%100%20%
Northeast2025-02-01215.00100%50%0%