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The term for waterfalls in the Nile River
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cataracts
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Geographic term for the triangular shaped area of marshland where a river deposits water and silt.
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delta
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Also called the Pyramid Age
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The Old Kingdom
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A chief minister who supervised local government
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vizier
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Area near present day Cairo where pyramids were built
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Giza
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Considered the most turbulent of the 3 Kingdoms
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Middle Kingdom
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Invaded the Middle Kingdom using horse drawn chariots
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the Hyksos
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Queen who wore a false beard
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Hatshepsut
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The sea that borders Egypt on the east
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Red Sea
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Pharaoh of the New Kingdom who expanded Egypt as far north as Palestine and Syria
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Ramses II
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This region, to the south of Egypt, conquered Egypt, then was conquered by Egypt
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Nubia
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The Egyptian God of the Underworld
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Osiris
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The other name for the Sun God
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Amon-Re
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The Egyptian form of writing that was simpler than hieroglyphics
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demotic
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Paper-like material the Egyptians used to write on
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papyrus
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The discovery that helped crack the hieroglyphics code
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Rosetta Stone
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The Frenchman who discovered the Rosetta Stone
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Jean Champollion
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Number of months in the calendar developed by the Egyptians
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12
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The folk tale of a hero who wanders the desert and fights his way to fame over uncivilized people
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Tale of Sinuhe
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Was on top of the Egyptian social scale.
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Pharaohs
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This group of workers was the largest group of Ancient Egypt.
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farmers
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The sea that borders Egypt to the north.
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Mediterranean Sea
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Of the Lower Nile and the Upper Nile, the northernmost
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Lower Nile
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Wife of the Egyptian god Osiris
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Isis
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The direction in which the Nile flows
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north
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