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Nubia
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area south of Egypt, along the Nile by the cataracts
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"Gifts of the Nile"
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Nubia and Egypt-civilizations that flourished because of the resources the Nile offered
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Pharaoh
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Egyptian kings considered to be gods on earth
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The Old Kingdom
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first empire of Egypt-power of pharaohs at high point, pyramids constructed, mutually interested in Nubia to the south
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Pyramids
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royal tombs, sign of pharaoh's authority and divine power
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Kush
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Nubian African kingdom that conquered and controlled Egypt, referred to as Nubia also
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Hyksos
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invaders who siezed the Nile delta and helped bring an end to the Egyptian Middle Kingdom
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Empire
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government ruled by an emperor-land larger than kingdom and usually conquered
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Queen Hatshepsut
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ruled as a coruler with her stepson Tithmosis II-notion of a female ruler is unfamiliar and unsettling, so Queen is dipicted wearing a beard
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bronze
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alloy between copper and tin, high cost made it unavailable to most people
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hieroglyphs
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Egyptian pictographic writing, prominent on temples-visitors called them "holy inscriptions"
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papyrus
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paper-like material fashioned from the insides of papyrus reeds-hot dry climate preserved large numbers of these texts
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scribe
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professional writer in ancient times, since many people weren't literate
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bantu
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African people who originally lived in Nigeria, and they made a century-long migration that took them to most of sub-Saharan Africa-very influential, especially linguistically
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age sets
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each social class was a group of people born within a few years of each other-each set jointly assumed responsibilty for tasks appropriate to their level of maturity, energy, strength, etc
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aryans
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Indo-European tribe of India settling after 1500 BCE, union with Dravidiains formed basis of Hinduism
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dravidiains
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people who produced the Harappan civilization in India
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harappa
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early brilliant Indian society centered around Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
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sanskrit
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a language? not in book...
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vedas
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"wisdom"-early collection of prayers and hymns providing information about the Aryans who migrated to India
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caste system
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aryan way of organizing society-sharp hereditery distinctions between individuals and groups, according to their occupations and roles in society
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lawbok of manu
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Manu was the founder of human race by Indian mythology-the book dealt with proper moral and social behaviors
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hinduism
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main religion of India, combo of Dravidian and Aryan concepts, goal is to reach spiritual purity and union with the great world spirit-include dharma, karma, samsara
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upanishads
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Indian reflections and dialogues that reflected basis of Hindu concepts
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