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16 Cards in this Set
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Nile River
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Longest river in the world. Flows in a Northern Direction into the Med. Sea
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cataracts
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waterfalls
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delta
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branches of river
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Narmer (menes)
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King of upper egypt, united egypt by attacking lower egypt
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Memphis
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capital city of Old Kingdom
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Thebes
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capital of Middle Kingdom
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Hyksos
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invaded Egypt for 110 years
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Queen Katshepsut
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first ruled with her hubby, then her step son Thutmose, then herself. Carried out building program
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Amenhoteo 5-Akhenaton
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made monotheism
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Tutankamen
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9 yrs old-19
Lord Carnaryon Howard Carter |
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Ramses the Great
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nearly 90 when he died
spent 70 days preparing him |
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polytheism
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the worship of many deities
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hieroglyphiocs
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egyptian writing
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Rosetta Stone
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stone with Greek, heiroglypics, etc
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Jean Frances Champallion
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deciephered Rosetta Stone
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acheivements in science
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number system, 365 day calender, medicine
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