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Cataracts
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rapids
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upper egypt
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south
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cartouche
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oval frame
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Sphinx
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Guarded the pyramids.
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5
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answer 2 #1
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deities
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gods and goddesses
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pharaoh
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ruler of Ancient Egypt
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predict
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tell ahead of time
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bows
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weapons for shooting arrows
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"Nekhen" in Egyptian means...
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Hierakonpolis
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Memphis
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The capital of united Egypt
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Polytheism
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the belief in many gods
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Key to decipher Heirogliphics
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Rosseta Stone
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elite
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people of wealth and power
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Khufu
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Egyptian pharaoh,he ruled during egyptian Old Kingdom and is known for many monuments built to honor him.
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Trade
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exchange or give (something) in exchange for another item
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scarab
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beetle (considered sacred to the ancient Egyptians)
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hieroglyphs
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pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
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mummies
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Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth are called _________________
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Viziers
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officals and judges; controlled the temple treasures
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Silt
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Fine soil found on river bottoms
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Sandbanks.
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What could easily destroy the boats?
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royal court
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The Egyptian civilization centered around the_________
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Who collected stuff during the harvest?
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Everyone.
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The jars which embalmers placed certain organs into
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canopic
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1st specialist focused on treating particular parts of the body
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Egypt's medicine
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Hieroglyphics
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pictoral symbols that stand for words or sounds
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This is what Egyptian kings were buried in before pyramids
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Mustabes
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social pyramid
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a diagram illustrating the social order divisions within a culture
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osiris
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god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. -green skinned man-holds a symbolic crook& and flail
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irrigation
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supplying land with water through a network of canals
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Scribe
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a person who copied manuscripts and records and wrote letters
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re, or Amon-Re
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the god of the sun
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Papyrus
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A reed growing along the Nile river
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Egypt
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located at the northeast coast of Africa
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Ramesses XI
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Very weak ruler
Kingdom divided in half
Kings rule in the north
Smendes took over the rule before Ramesses XI death
Last of the pharaohs buried in the Valley of the Kings
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mummification
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the embalming and drying of the corpse to prevent decay
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Approximately how many 2.5-ton blocks were needed to build a typical pyramid?
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over 2.5 million
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Dynasty
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a series of rulers from the same family
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What area of land includes Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia?
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Fertile Crescent
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nubia
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a region along the mile, in northern sudan and southern egypt
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New Kingdom
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the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory
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Which group ruled after the decline of Egypt?
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Kush
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Kingdom started in 2600 B.C. lasted for only 500 years
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old kingdom
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obelisk
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a tall, four sided pillar that is pointed on top
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obeisance
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to bow or submit. Everyone in ancient Egypt did obeisance at the temples of the gods and to the pharaoh because he was considered to be a god in human shape.
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Horus
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a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon
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Hot sands
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Shielded Egypt and Nubia from foreign attacks
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lunar
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of or relating to or associated with the moon
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tribute
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payment made by one group or nation to another to show obedience or to obtain peace or protections
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To the South of Egypt, they were protected from enemy boats by the...
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Nile's Cataracts.
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king narmer
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Ruler who united the Two Lands of Egypt and made the double crown
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bastet
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was a godess of joy and love. ______ is a represented as a women with a cat's head
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Old kingdom
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was a period in egyptian history that lasted about 500 years
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Egypt trade with Punt
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myrrh, incence (perfume and medicine made out of these products)
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Hieroglyphics, Greek
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The Rosetta Stone had 2 forms of ______________ and ________
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mouth
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the end of a river, where it flows into the sea or a lake
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had calendars+ __ seasons with __ days
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3 seasons, 120 days
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king tut
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known as the boy king because he ruled for nine years and died before his 20th birthday.
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delta
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area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river
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embalm
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to treat a dead body so as preserve it from decaying
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moses
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was put in a basket and was hid on the riverbank-saw a burning bush and heard God's voice telling him," free the israelites'.
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What group invaded and took over Egypt during the 25th dynasty?
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Nubian leaders overtook Thebes
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How did the Nile provide relaxation and entertainment for the Egyptians?
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Fishing, rowing, swimming, hunting for water birds, and games
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Cats, dogs, ibises, crocidiles and other animals.
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What kind of mummies were found other than human mummies?
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When a person died what did they beleive happened?
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Egyptians beleived that when a person dies his or her ka (spirit) left the body and became a holy spirit.
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