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World History-Egypt
Egypt
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12th Grade
09/20/2009

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According to legend, a god sneezed and the world was created. Then a goddess in heaven began to cry, and her tears splashed down to earth and formed the __
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Nile
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mouth of river (upside down triangle for us; but for the Greeks it is a right side up triangle)
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Nile Delta
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In Egypt only __ inches of rain fall a year
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1 1/2
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Egypt depend on __ for crops by annual flooding of the Nile
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water
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To the east and west were burning __
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deserts
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To the north was the __
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Mediterranian Sea
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To the south was high __ region
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African jungle
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Egyptians civilization was reenforced by __, __, and __
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geography, polytheistic religion, social structure
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__contributed to the permanence and stability of Egypt
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political system
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Also mummified __: believed __ were gods
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cats cats
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Egyptians survived solely on __
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grain
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Cats would eat the __ in the granaries to keep them out
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mice
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__ is a bird; were considered gods; also mummified
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Ibis
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__ was the sun god
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Amon-Re
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__ is the goddess of magic and fertility
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Isis
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Egyptians used a lot of __
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make up
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Felt the __ was the center of the soul so they used a lot of __ makeup
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eye eye
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The Old Kingdom built ___
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Great Pyramids at Giza (3 of them)
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Nubians were __, __, and __ with the Egyptians
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wealthy, educated, and intermarried
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Hyksos were good __ and had good __
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warriors-technology
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__ defeat the Hyksos
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Egyptians during the New Kingdom
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__ Wanted to make a legend for himself
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Thutmose III
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When Thutmose III expanded, the land went as far north as __.
Egypt was the largest than it had ever been before.
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Syria
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__ was a Pharaoh named for the Sun god
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Amenhotep IV
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Akhenaton died and was succeed by his son __ who sat on the royal thrown as a 9 year old
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Tut
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__ was Pharaoh at age 9; died at age 19
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Tut
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__ who lost their jobs while Akhenaton was in charge came knocking on Tut’s door and telling him that they are going back to polytheism
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priests
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Restoration of polythesism: Changed named from Tutankhaton to __
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Tutankhamon
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Every single tomb was robbed in ancient Egypt except King __
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Tut's
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All treasrues were still there in King Tut's tomb when __ found it
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Howard Carter
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Tut was buried in the __, but his tomb has silted up over time
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Valley of Kings
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__ was paper that was woven together
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Papyrus
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__: based on 10
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Egyptian notation
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