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34 Cards in this Set
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Menes
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Combined the crowns of upper and lower egypt. He was a pharaoh.
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Khufu
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The largest pyramid was made for Khufu.
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the Hyksos
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Ahmose
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Hatshepsut
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She was the first female pharoah.
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Tutenankhamun
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Pharoah who was known for his magnificant home.
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Nile River
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A river that gave all the water to egypt
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Lower Egypt
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The partof egypt that menes took over, thus uniting egypt
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Valley of the Kings
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a place where many pharaohs were burried
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Nile Delta
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where the nile river flows out
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Kush
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a city that egypt traded with
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Uppe Egypt
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The part of egypt that is up the mountain in which the niles flows down
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Punt
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A VERY big trading partner for egypt
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irrigation
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To supply areas with water artificially, many farmers used these as did the builders of the Great Pyramid
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economy
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money, the pharaoh taxed goods,time,and crops
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papyrus
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a paper like material
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mummification
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when they preserve the body of somebody
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social pyramid
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a diagram that showsThe levels of respect a person in acient egypt got according to their job
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unification
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the bringing together of two things
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hieroglyphics
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ancient egyptian writing
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rosetta stone
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a stone which was founded by the french and has 3 languages which helped the archeologist figure out hyroglyphics
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empire
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groups of land and people rules by one government
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slavery
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the practice of owning another person
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pharaoh
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a person who was the ruler of ancient egypt
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scribes
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a person who wrote things for somebody else
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pyramids
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monuments built for pharaohs whre it would be their final resting place
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expedition
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A journey by a group of people with a definite objective
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importance of the nile river
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it gave water to all of egypt
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characteristics of old kingdom, middle kingdom and new kingdom
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old:The time when pharaohs worked to build unity within a community
New: The time when the pharaohs tried to rebuild the army middle: |
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the government, religion and economy
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The Government was made up of government officials and the pharaoh, the religion was they believed in many gods one of which was ra the sun god, the economy was money, the pharaoh was the center of the economy he/she taxed goods time and crops
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importance of hieroglyphics
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Helps archeologists find out more about ancient egypyt
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advances in medicine, math and science
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they could fix broken legs, and do amputations
they could do use math for the amount of goods that were imported and exported |
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levels of the social pyramid
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slaves, farmers craft workers merchants scribes government officials pharaoh
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characteristics of farm life and city life
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farm life you had alot of chores and were most likly a slave in city life it was easier because you didnt have to be in the hot sun. You could be in your house
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