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19 Cards in this Set
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savanna |
grassy plain |
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delta |
low land formed in the mouth of some rivers by the silt the river drops there |
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cataracts |
a series of rapids and waterfalls |
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nation-state |
a region with a single government and a united group of people |
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predict |
tell ahead of time |
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inundation |
yearly flood |
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afterlife |
life after death |
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nomes |
towns that became capitals of city-states |
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dynasty |
series of rulers from the same family |
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pharaoh |
Egyptian king; means “great house” and refers to palace |
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vizier |
adviser |
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decrees |
commands |
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hieroglyphics |
system of writing in Egypt; used more than 700 different symbols |
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papyrus |
paperlike material |
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pyramid |
a burial place for the dead |
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mummy |
preserved body |
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intermediary |
go-between |
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civil war |
groups of people from the same place or country fight one another |
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bureaucracy |
network of appointed government officials |
