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23 Cards in this Set
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unification |
The joining of separate part, such as kingdoms, into |
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pharaoh |
The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt |
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Old Kingdom |
Egypt from about 2700 b.c to about 2200 b.c when early pharaohs united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt |
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Mummification |
The process of preserving a dead body through embalming and drying |
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pyramid |
A massive structure built of stone having a square base and four sides |
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Hieroglyphics |
Acient Egyptian system of writing using symbols |
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papyrus |
A kind of paper made from papyrus a reed plant growing a long the Nile |
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Economy |
The way a country manages money and recources for the productions of goods and services |
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Menes |
3100? b.c King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt |
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Khufu |
2650?- 2600? b.c Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid |
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Jean Champollion |
A.D 1790-1832 Translator of the Rosetta Stone |
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Expedition |
A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason |
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Ahmose 1 |
d. 1546 B.c New Kingdom pharaoh who drove out the Hyksos and reunited Egypt |
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Amenhotep |
1514-1493 b.c Pharaoh who defended and expanded Egyptian territory |
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Hatshepsut |
1520?-1482 b.c Female Egyptian pharaoh |
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Akhenaton |
1380-1362 pharaoh who instituted monotheism |
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Rames 11 |
1304-1237 b.c Pharaoh who defeated the Hittites |
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decision |
a choice made from a number of alternatives |
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decision making |
choosing from a number of alternatives to achieve a goal |
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alternative |
another way of doing something |
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cataract |
A steep rapid in a river |
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social pyramid |
a diagram illustrating the social order divitions with in a culture; usually showing the most powerful person or group at the peak and the least powerful groups at the bottom |
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Piye |
a king of Kush and he first conquered the city of Memphis and then all of Egypt |
