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15 Cards in this Set
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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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delta
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The flat, fan shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river.
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irrigation
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The watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
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unification
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The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one.
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pharaoh
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The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
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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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hieroglyphics
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The ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas or sounds.
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scribe
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A professional writer who kept records and copied letters of official documents
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papyrus
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A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile, that ancient Egyptians used for writing.
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Menes
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3100 B.C. King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
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Khufu
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2650-2600 B.C. Egptian pharoah who built the Great Pyramid.
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empire
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A group of lands and peoples ruled by one governement.
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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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Tutankhamun
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1371-1352 B.C. Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from about the ages of 7 to 17;
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Hatshepsut
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1520-1482 B.C. One of the few women pharaohs; organized a trade expedition to Egypt's southern neighbor - Punt.
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