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delta
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fan shaped area of fertile land where a river meets the sea
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Cataracts ( kat'uh rakts)
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a large or high waterfall
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Shadoof
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a machine used in egypt to lift water from the Nile to the basins( bowl shaped holes for watering crops)
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pharaoh
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(the word means great house) ruler priest and a god.
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pyramids
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great tombs for dead pharaohs
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embalming
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process to preserve the bodies of the dead
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mummy
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the wrapped embalmed body
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1)old kingdom egypt
2) middle kingdom 3) new knigdom |
1)old- powerful pharaohs pyramids 2600bc-2100bc
2) lesspowerful pharahos,no pyramids 2100-1786bc 3)began with Ahmose , rich and large cities,prosperous.1550bc-1150bc |
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hieroglyphic
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a kind of wrting in which pictures stand for words or sounds
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papyrus
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contribution of the Egyptians - paper made from a reed plant
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Narmer a.k.a. -Menes( mee"neez)
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king of upper Egypt(southern egypt) conquered lower Egypt and married a Lowere Egypt princess. which united Egypt.
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osiris
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god of the harvestand of eternal life. an early pharoh who died.
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Isis
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wife of Osiris ruled over the dead
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Book of the Dead
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book of magic spells Egyptians studied
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Hyksos
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People from western Asia who invaded Egypt. Marked the end of the middle kingdom period.
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