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29 Cards in this Set
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Cataracts |
Strong rapids |
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Delta |
Triangle shaped. Rich soil on land. |
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Pharoah |
Title used by ruler or egypt. Means: great house |
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Dynasty |
Series of rulers from same fam. |
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Menes |
1st pharoah 1st dynasty. Upper lower egypt |
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Scorpion |
Tried to unify egypt and failed. But menes did it successfully |
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Old kingdom |
Egyptian history 2700bc-2200 bc |
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Khufu |
Bad king. Treated people very poorly. Was mudered by no one knows |
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Nobles |
Government officials,preist,ect. (Highest class after pharoahs) |
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Afterlife |
When you die and you go to the other side, your body goes too. |
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Mummie |
When ur body is preserved for afterlife |
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Elite |
Very rich. could afford mummies |
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Pyramids |
What they placed mummies in when they are mummified and all their riches and prized possesions |
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Engineering |
What you use to build things |
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Mid. Kingdom |
Order and stability until 1750 bc |
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New kingdom |
Reached height of power and glory |
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Trade routes |
Paths followed by traders |
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Queen hatshepsut |
She Had temples built for her and she supported trade |
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Ramses the great |
Great military background and stopped 2 invasions |
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Heiroglyphics |
Egyptian writing system |
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Papyrus |
Paper. Made from reeds |
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Rosetta stone |
Stone slab inscribed with heiroglyphics |
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Sphinxes |
Imaginary creature w/body of lion and head of animal or human. |
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Obelisk |
Tall. 4 sided pillar painted at the top |
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King tutanhamen |
Known for his temple found. Untouched, |
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Acquire |
To get |
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Method |
A way of doing things |
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Contracts |
Binding legal agreement |
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Authority |
Person who has power over someone else |
