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15 Cards in this Set
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Textile
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Woven cloth
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Cataract
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A waterfall or Rapids in a river
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Delta
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A fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.
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Shadoof
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A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins.
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Papyrus
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A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile.
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Hieroglyphics
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A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.
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Dynasyi
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A line of rulers from one family
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Theocracy
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Government by religious leaders
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Pharoah
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Ruler of ancient Egypt
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Bureacrat
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A government official
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Embalming
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The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying.
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Pyramid
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Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharoah
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Incense
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A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
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Savanna
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A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region.
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Envoy
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A government representative to another country
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