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Nubia
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a desert region and ancient kingdom in the nile river valley on the site of present day southern Egypt and northern Sudan
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cataract
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a large waterfall or steep rapids
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delta
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a triangular-shaped plain at the mouth of a river formed when sediment is desposited by flowing water
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silt
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fine soil found on river bottoms
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pharaoh
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a king of ancient Egypt
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dynasty
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a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
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absolute power
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complete control over someone or something
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regent
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someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
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afterlife
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a life after death
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mummy
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a dead boby preserved in lifelike condition
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pyramid
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a huge building with four sloping triange-shaped sides; built as a royal tomb in Egypt
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Giza
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an ancient Egyptian city; site of the Great Pyramid
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polytheism
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the belief in many gods
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hieroglyphs
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pictures and other symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
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papyrus
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an early form of paper made from reedlike plants found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta
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astronomer
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a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
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ore
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a mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the protuction of metals
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artisan
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a worker who is especially skilled at crafting by hand
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Horus
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the falcon god
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Osiris
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god of living and the dead
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Isis
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Osiris's wife and goddess of women
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Hatshepsut
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one of the most famouse pharaohs
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Amon-Re
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chief god of the ancient Egyptians
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Thutmose III
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one of greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom
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Tutankhamen
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became ruler of Egypt when still a child at age 18 died and was buried with many precious objects
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Kemet
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the ancient Egyptians called their land Kemet "the black land" because of the dark soil left by the Nile floods
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sphinx
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a statue with a lions body and a mans head near Cairo, Egypt
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theocracy
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government by a person or peopleclaiming devine authority
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smelting
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to melt so as to extract the pure metal
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cubit
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an ancient meusure of length
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archer
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one who shoots with bow and arrow
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Kerma
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an ancient Nubian city; a market town in present Sudan
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Napata
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one of the three most powerful Nubian kingdoms, located between the third and fourth cataracts of the Nile River in Upper Nubia
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Meroe
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a city of ancient Nubia in present day Sudan
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Hapi
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god of the Nile
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Amenhotep IV
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dad is Amenhotep III he changed the beliefs of Egypt that his dad made
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ka
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your soul
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Thoth
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god of wisdom, learning, and magic having a head of a baboon
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Champollion
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a young french man who figured out how to read hieroglyphics
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demotic
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having to do with common language or people
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