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15 Cards in this Set
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Gift of the Nile |
Herodotus a 5th-century explorer called Egypt this |
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Upper Egypt |
Southern Egypt |
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Lower Egypt |
Northern Egypt |
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Menes |
Early Egyptian pharaoh ruler who 1st united upper and lower Egypt |
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Pharaoh |
Egyptian king considered a god on earth served as a link btw people and gods and ensured welfare and prosperity of the country. |
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Ma'at |
divine order of the universe (the Pharaoh guaranteed this order) |
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Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom |
periods of rise and fall of dynasties in Egypt |
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Pyramid |
series of stone platforms laid one on top of another built as tombs for Pharaohs to ensure safe travel to the afterlife |
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Memphis |
Near the Nile delta, capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, site of the 1sr pyramid |
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Thebes |
Capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom |
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Hieroglyphics |
earliest writings in Egypt using pictures and symbols |
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Papyrus |
Egyptian writing material made from reeds that grew along the Nile |
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Nubia |
Area south of Egypt in which Egyptians traded for gold. |
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Cataract |
unnavigable sections of the Nile which provided natural protective borders |
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Mummy |
preserved dead body by chemical processes and dehydration practiced and wrapped in linen and enclosed in a wooden sarcophagus. by Egyptians to preserve body for the afterlife |
