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A.Civ
India / egypt
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History
6th Grade
12/12/2015

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Subcontinent
Definition
A large landmass that juts out from a continent
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Monsoon
Definition
A strong wind that blows across east Aisa at certain times fo the year
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citadel
Definition
A fortress in a city
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migrate
Definition
to move from one place to settle in another area
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caste
Definition
A social class of people
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Alphabet
Definition
A set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language
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Monothisem
Definition
The belief in one god
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Famine
Definition
A time when there in so little food that many people starve
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Exile
Definition
To face someone to leave to another country
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Afterlife
Definition
A life after death
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mummy
Definition
A dead body preserved in life like condition
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pyramid
Definition
a huge building with four sloping traingle-shaped sides built as roual tombs in egypt
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Giza
Definition
an acient Egyptian  city the site of the Great Pyramid
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hieroglphs
Definition
pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas things on sounds
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papyrus
Definition
a early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the nile delta, the plant used to make paper
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astronomer
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a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
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pharoah
Definition
the title of kings of acient Egypt
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dynasty
Definition
a series of ruters from the same family or ethic groups
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absolute power
Definition
complete control over smeone or something
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regent
Definition
someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
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