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21 Cards in this Set
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Civilization
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A group of people who have a government and a written language,
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Fertile Soil
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Land that is good for crops
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Irragation
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Water is brought to dry land so that the land will grow crops
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Pharoahs
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Rulers of ancient Egypt
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God
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A person or thing that is considered most important and powerful
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Pyramids
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Large stone buildings where people of ancient egypt built for the rulers tombs
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Tombs
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Graves or buildings where the bodies of dead are placed
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Slaves
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People who were owned by other people. THey did hard work without pay and couldn't leave their owners
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Weapons
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Objects that are used to attack or to protect something.
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Temple
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A building in which people worship god or gods.
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Slavery
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The practice of one person owning another person
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Social Pyramid
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A diagram illustrating the divisions within a culturez; usually showing the most powerful person or group at the peak and least powerful at bottom.
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Expedition
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A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason.
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Empire
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A group of lands and peoples ruled by one government
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Papyrus
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A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the nile, the ancient egyptians used for writing.
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Scribe
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A professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents.
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Hieroglyphics
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THe anciend egyptians system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects,ideas, or sounds.
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Economy
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THe way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services
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Unification
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THe joining of seperate parts, kingsdoms, into one
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Delta
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The flat, fan shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river
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Silt
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A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river
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