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The Nile River
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A river in eastern Africa, the longest river in the world, that rises near Lake Victoria and flows 4,160 miles
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Nubia
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An ancient region of southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
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cataract
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a Large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water
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delta
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a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing
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silt
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fine soil found on the bottom of rivers
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Sahara
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A vast desert in North Africa that covers an area of about 3,500,000 square miles
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upper Nubia
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Upper nubia expands into Southern Sudan.
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Lower Nubia
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Lower Nubia is the northern portion of Nubia, downstream on the Nile from Upper Nubia.
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Black Land
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dark soil left by the niles flood
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Red Land
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Vast Desert
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Pharaoh
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the title of the kings in Ancient Egypt
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Dynasty
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a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic
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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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Sphinx
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An ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human or animal head, esp. the huge statue near the Pyramids at Giza.
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Hatsheput
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queen of Egypt
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Thutmose
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The Ancient Egyptian Noble
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afterlife
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Life after death
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Mummy
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A Preserved Body of a dead person
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Giza
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A city in northern Egypt, on the Nile River, site of the Pyramids and the Sphinx; pop. 2,156,000.
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Pyramid
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huge buildings with 4 sloping triangle-shaped sides
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Linen
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Cloth woven from flax; what they wrapped mummy's with.
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