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independent
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free
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pharaoh
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Egyptain ruler
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Osiris
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god of death
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mummy
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A preservede body.
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deity
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god or goddess
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afterlife
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life after death
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disintegration
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(n) falling apart completely
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predict
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make a prediction about
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RAMES II
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Egypt's greatest builder
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natron
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mineral to proserve bodies
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Pyramids
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a tomb for the pharaoh
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elite
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people of wealth and power
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4500 BC
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Agricultural communities develop egypt
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Pharaohs
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What were Kings were called?
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egypt
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Warm and sunny, recieved little rain.
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coffin
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burial cage for the mummified person
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possessions
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things that you own or posses
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embalming
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a prosses to preserve a body
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Sarcophagus
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an elaborate coffin constructed on wood and decorated with symbols and hieroglyphics
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capital city
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established by narmer in memphis
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shemu
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the drought, ended by the floods
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Sahara
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the largest desert in the world
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Berlin Papyrus
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Breast infections and maladies, fertility, swellings, and childbirth.
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Hatshepsut
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took the throne around 1472bc because her son was too young,encourage trade rather than war-order a successful trading expedition
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Isis
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Goddess of weaving mother of Horus wife of Osiris
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Tutankhamen
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Egyptian (Boy) Pharaoh, his tomb was discovered in 1922 enabling us to learn about Egyptian life
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Lower Egypt
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the northern part of ancient Egypt
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cataract
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steep rapids formed by cliffs and boulders in a river
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What has remained in Egypt?
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facade and rituals
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Pyramid
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A group of hufe monuments in thedessert of Egypt built as burial vaults for Pharoahs :D
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King tut
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only tomb found intact in 1922
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Middle kingdom
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period of order ang stability,lasted to about 1750 B.C.E
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Invaders.
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What did the natural barriers protect the land from?
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famine
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the reason Joseph's brothers came to Egypt
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Horus
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the sky god, associated with the pharaoh
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Papyrus
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ancient Egyptian paper made from the reeds of plants found along the nile river
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King Khufu
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The Great Pyramid, located 10 miles from the modern city of Cairo, was built as a tomb for this Egyptian pharaoh.
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pharoah
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a rule of ancient egypt. from the egyptian word for "great house"
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oboist
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a tall sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
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obelisk
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tall, 4 sided pillar of stone that rises to a point
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This organ was soften left in the body
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heart
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Jesus
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founder of a religion of love whose followers. called Christians, believe that he is the Messiah
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apparitions
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A ghost or ghost-like figure of a human.
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regent
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someone that stands in to rule while future ruler is a child
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delta
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a triangle shaped deposit of soil near the mouth of the river.
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Dynasty
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or series of rulers from the same family
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Piankhi
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thinks that the gods wanted him to rule over all of egypt, kush's most powerful military leader and strong warrior in battle--> conquers egypt
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silt
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mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
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Took over _____ years to build the Great Pyramid
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Emergence
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One of the three parts the Egyptian calendar was divided into; a time when the water began to leave the fields; farmers plowed their fields and planted crops
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Doctors used herbs plus drugs to treat many different illnesses
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Egypt's medicine
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symbols of pharaohs
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false beard, crook and flail, red crown, white crown, double-crown
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What were some other blessings of geography in Egypt?
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Nile and desert
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The Rosetta Stone
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Stone monument that includes the same passage carved in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek. Used to decipher the meanings of many hieroglyphics.
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Highly Developed culture
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The Egyptians had a very developed culture. They had several pieces of architecture, art, laws, religion, and writing.
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Nile River
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used nile's gifts to produce a surplus of food
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What is the sea above Iran (Persia)?
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The Caspian sea.
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An area south of Egypt once known as Nubia
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Kush
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What is the name of the place just to the southwest of Cairo that is world famous for its pyramids?
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Giza
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Kemet
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the black land - dark soil left by the Nile's floods
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Blue Nile
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one of two rivers which merge to form the Nile; flows northeast out of Lake Tana
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giza
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a city in N Egypt: a suburb of Cairo across the Nile; the ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx are located nearby. 853,700.
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What was the
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period of 70 years in which civil war left Egypt open to Hyksos invaders
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Early farmers along the Nile River _______.
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planted seeds after the Nile's floodwaters deposited fresh rich soil
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Who was Ramses the Great?
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He was one of the longest reigning pharaohs in Egypt. He fought many invaders, built forts in the northern frontier to fight off the Tehenu. He also fought the Hitties but they later became allies.
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How did queen Hatshepsut become pharaoh?
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She married the pharaoh Thutmose 2 and he was he half brother. He died and she took pwer and ruled for almost 22 years.
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The reason coffins had painted on doors
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To let the Ba and Ka enter and escape
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