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Since ancient times, life in Egypt has depended on ...
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agriculture.
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the longest river in the world; more than 4,000 miles in length; begins in East Africa & flows northward to Egypt
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Nile River
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a triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers spread out
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delta
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a mixture of soil and small rocks
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silt
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The Nile River flows from south to north into the ...
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Mediterranean Sea.
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In ancient Egypt, the delta was located in ...
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Lower Egypt.
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The Nile flows to the (north/south) because Upper Egypt is (higher/lower) in elevation.
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north ... higher
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Ancient Egyptians called the delta of the Nile "..." because the land was very fertile.
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black land
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The name "..." referred to the dry, desert land not far from the banks of the Nile.
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red land
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Farmers in ancient Egypt grew vegetables, wheat, barley, and ..., a valuable plant whose stems were used to make paper.
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papyrus
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The Nile flows from south to north, and it has six ..., or waterfalls. These make it impossible to sail directly from the Nile Delta south without sails or without taking the boat out of water and carrying it.
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cataracts
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Egyptians were (monotheistic/polytheistic).
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polytheistic
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The main god of the Egyptians was...
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Ra (or Amon-Ra).
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When one ruler ..., or united, Upper & Lower Egypt, the king wore the crowns of both kingdoms at once.
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unified
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King ... may have united Upper & Lower Egypt into one kingdom in about 3150 B.C.
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Menes
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period of time during which members from the same family rule a kingdom
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dynasty
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priest and advisor who began keeping records during the third dynasty of Egypt
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Manetho
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became Egypt's capital city during the first dynasty
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Memphis
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During the New Kingdom, people began to refer to a king as a ... ("great house"), or god-king.
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pharaoh
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a form of writing based on pictures that represented objects or ideas AND sounds; "sacred carvings"
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hieroglyphics
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Archaelogists used the ..., discovered in 1799, to decode Egyptian writings by comparing the Egyptian writings to Greek words.
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Rosetta Stone
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houses or tombs for the dead
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pyramids
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a body preserved for burial and the afterlife
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mummy
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The building of Egypt's largest pyramid began about 2600 B.C. in ...
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Giza
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The Great Pyramid, or Egypt's largest pyramid, was built for the pharaoh ...
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Khufu.
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