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Nubia
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an ancient region in the Nile river valley on the site of present day southern Egypt
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cataract
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a large waterfall or any strong flood or rush of water
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delta
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a plain at the mouth of a river,it is formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water
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silt
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a fine soil found on river bottems
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pharaoh
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the title of the kings of ancient Egypt
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dynasty
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a series of rulers from the same family group
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absolute power
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complete control over someone or something
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regent
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someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
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Hapi (happy)
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the god of the Nile
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Kemet
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what the Egyptions called their land it means "black land"
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theocracy
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a place ruled by "god" or a deifyed person
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sphinx
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a legendary creature with a humons head and a lions body
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Horus
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the falcon god
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Tutankhamen
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became ruler when he was still a child died when he was 18
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Hatshepsut
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created a time of peace even though she was a woman
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Thutmose III
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lead many wars and concord much land
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afterlife
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a life after death
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mummy
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a dead body preserved in a lifelike condition
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pyramid
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a big building with 4 sloping triangle-shaped sides;built as tombs in Egypt
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Giza
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an ancient egyption city;the site of the Great Pyramid
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polytheism
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a belief in many gods
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Amon-Re
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chief god;god of sun and creation
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Osiris
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the god of afterlife
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Isis
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goddess of woman
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Thoth
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god of wisdom and writting
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smelting
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when heat was used to remove impurities from metal
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hieroglyphs
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pics. and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
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papyrus
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an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy area of the Nile Delta
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astronomer
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a scientist who studies objects in the sky
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Bes
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the household god who protected them from danger
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Champolion
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a young french scholar
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demotic
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an Egyption script on the Roseta stone that came after hieroglyphs
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cubit
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the distance from the elbow to the tip of the fingers
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ore
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a mineral mined for the production of metals
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artisan
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a worker who is skilled at crafting things by hand
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archer
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someone who shoots arrows by drawing back on the bow
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Meroe
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on the Nile between the 5th and 6th cataract, a city
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