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17 Cards in this Set
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delta |
a fertile fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea |
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pharaoh |
title used by rulers of ancient Egypt |
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dynasty |
a line of rulers from one family |
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embalming |
the process of preserving a dead body through drying |
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pyramid |
a massive structure built of stone usually having a square base and four triangular sides |
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hieroglyphics |
ancient Egyptian system of writing that used pictures and symbols to stand for objects, ideas or sounds |
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papyrus |
a reed plant growing along the Nile River used by ancient Egyptians to create a kind of paper |
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theocracy |
a government in which the ruler is both the political and religious leader |
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cataract |
a waterfall or steep rapids in a river |
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social pyramid |
diagram illustrating the social order divisions within a culture; usually showing the most powerful person or group at the peak and the least powerful at the bottom |
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shadoof |
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins |
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bureaucrats |
government officials |
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incense |
a material that produces a pleasant smell when burned |
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envoys |
government representative to another country |
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B.C. means? |
Before Christ |
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A.D. means? |
Anno Domini or In the Year of the Lord |
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Golden Age |
a period of peace, prosperity and the peak of certain skills such as art, architecture or scholarship. |
