VOCAB TERMS
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Cataract: A waterfall
Significance: In the Nile River, there are many cataracts in the South
Significance: In the Nile River, there are many cataracts in the South
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Delta: An area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil
Significance: The Nile RIver divided into many streams
Significance: The Nile RIver divided into many streams
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Silt: Fine, fertile soil deposited by the river
Significance: Deposited rich soil suited for growing crops
Significance: Deposited rich soil suited for growing crops
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Fertile: Favorable for the growth of crops and other crops
Significance: Was easier to farm with fine soil
Significance: Was easier to farm with fine soil
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Linen: A fabric woven from fibers of the flax plant
Significance: Was able to make perfect suited clothes for the hot weather
Significance: Was able to make perfect suited clothes for the hot weather
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Red Land, Black Land: Red Land is the barren desert beyond the fertile region; Black Land is the region with the fertile soil due to the yearly flood
Significance: Protected the Egyptians from atackers
Significance: Protected the Egyptians from atackers
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Scribe: A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper
Significance: Easier to keep day to day business more accurate
Significance: Easier to keep day to day business more accurate
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Hieroglyphs: A picture standing for a word or sound
Significance: Able to record trade and business
Significance: Able to record trade and business
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Papyrus: A paper like material made from stems of the papyrus plant and used for writing by the Ancient Egyptians
Significance: Lighter and easy to carry for easy transportation of the papyrus
Significance: Lighter and easy to carry for easy transportation of the papyrus
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Afterlife: A life believed to follow death
Significance: Shaped their religion to believe that the gods favored them
Significance: Shaped their religion to believe that the gods favored them
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Embalm: To preserve a body after death
Significance: They needed their body in the afterlife
Significance: They needed their body in the afterlife
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Mummy: The body of a human or animal that has been preserved and dried out to prevent decay
Significance: To preserve body
Significance: To preserve body
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Dynasty: A line of rulers from the same family
Significance: Easy to determine who the Pharaoh was
Significance: Easy to determine who the Pharaoh was
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Succession: The order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne or title
Significance: No body would protest for who is Pharaoh
Significance: No body would protest for who is Pharaoh
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Pharaoh: A king of Ancient Egypt
Significance: Someone who could control the civilization
Significance: Someone who could control the civilization
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Pyramid: A structure with four triangular sides that meet at a point
Significance: Had a large part of religion
Significance: Had a large part of religion
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Step Pyramid: A pyramid whose sides rise in a series of giant steps
Significance: To hold a tomb
Significance: To hold a tomb
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Khufu: The Egyptian Pharaoh who, about 2550 B.C, ordered the construction of the largest pyramid ever built
Significance: Built the largest pyramid ever built
Significance: Built the largest pyramid ever built
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Hatshepsut: A female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who initially ruled with her stepson but declared herself the only ruler in 1472 B.C
Significance: First female Pharaoh
Significance: First female Pharaoh
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Obelisk: A four-sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top.
Significance: large monuments
Significance: large monuments
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Ramses III: A Pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 66 years, greatly expanding the Egyptian empire by conquering surrounding territories
Significance: Expanded the Egyptian Empire
Significance: Expanded the Egyptian Empire