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Upper and Lower Egypt
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upper egypt is up the nile river and lower egypt us down stream of the nile.
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Cataracts
Definition
rapids
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Delta
Definition
a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
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Nile Delta
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a marshy swampy area that two thirds of the fertile farmland is located in the nile delta.
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Egyptian Irrigation System
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built canals that directed the rivers to flow and carry water to their fields. They where isolated because they had natural buriers from the desert and the nile river
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Benefits of Egyptian Society
Definition
it is good because they had the nile river that made it possible for them to live there.
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Menes
Definition
the first pharaoh
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Pharaoh
Definition
the tittle used by the rulers of egypt
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Dynasty
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or series of rulers from the same family.
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First Dynasty
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lasted for about 200 years
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Old Kingdom
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was a period in egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years
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Old Kingdom
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was a period in egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years
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Benefits & downsides of being a pharaoh
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when you die so does your wife and too much power and pressure,blamed for a bad crop season they had complete power blamed for everything
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Khufu
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had many monuments most popular pharaoh in the old kingdom
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Thoth
Definition
god of wisdom
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Geb
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god of earth
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Isis
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goddess of magic
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Horus
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god of pharaohs and the sky
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Osiris
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the god of the underworld
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Anubis
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god of death
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Ka
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a spirit
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Queen Hatshepsut
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many people thought she shouldnʼt be a pharaoh because she was a woman her monuments where destroyed when she died
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Middle Kingdom
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a period of order and stability which lasted to about 1750 BC
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Hyksos
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a group from south west Asia conquered lower egypt
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Ahmose
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declared himself king
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New Kingdom
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the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory
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Ramses
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fought the Hittites built a series of forts
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King Tut
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took the throne at the age of 9 ended the rule of aden had a still born died at the age of 18 or 19
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Cleopatra
Definition
said she was the reincarnation of isis had an affair with Julius Caesar ruled with her father and 2 brothers and married one exiled from egypt put in charge of egypt
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Nefertiti
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ruled after her husbands death started a religious revolution one aten
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Jobs in Egyptian
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Merchants, Soldiers, Farmers, Priest
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Egyptian women
Definition
not allowed to be divine rulers. divorce sighn contracts have land
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Writing
Definition
they kept records of the state on scribes and taxes stories and poems
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Architecture
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they where admired in egypt and they could become government officials if they want and they made tombs and temples
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Art
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they made statues furniture jewelry pottery and shoes
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Hieroglyphs
Definition
Egyptian writing system
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Papyrus
Definition
A long lasting paper like material made from reeds
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Rosetta Stone
Definition
a huge stone slab unscripted with hieroglyphics
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Sphinx
Definition
imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans
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Obelisk
Definition
a tall four sided pillar that is pointed on top
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