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16 Cards in this Set
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Nomes |
Villages that united to form an agricultural district near the Nile |
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Pharaoh |
Leader of Egypt, most power, thought for Osiris to be inside the Pharaoh |
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Ammut |
Devourer of souls in the underworld |
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Hyksos |
Invaded and took over Egypt causing the 2nd intermediate period. They were asians with horse drawn carraiges that used bronze weapons. |
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Hieroglyphs |
Writing system used in Ancient Egypt |
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Judaism |
Beginning of jewish religion, believing 1 God. |
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Polytheistic |
Religion that believes in multiple Gods |
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Old Kingdom |
Pyramids were important, upper and lower egypt united for the first time. Capital Memphis. |
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Middle Kingdom |
Pharaohs buried in tombs, pharaohs nicer to public, capital Thebes, Golden Age |
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Natron |
Salt packed in pharaoh to dry it out and preserve it more |
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Sarcophagus |
Coffins made of stone, sometimes multi-layered, that were used for mummification. Had designs and engravings, symbols. |
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Ra |
God of sun, ultimate god. |
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Anubis |
God of embalming, weighed your heart to see if you were allowed into ue afterlife. |
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Moses |
Left his family to help Hebrews escape slavery. Parted red sea. |
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Intermediate periods |
Time of chaos; constant fights of power, little food, pyramids and burial sites destroyed, known as dark period |
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Cataracts |
Large waterfalls located at the bottom of the nile |
