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Ancient Egypt
ancient egyptian civilization vocab
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History
6th Grade
10/12/2006

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irrigation
Definition
watering of dry land by means of streams, canals, ditches or pipes
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agriculture
Definition
another word for farming, or cultivation
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pyramids
Definition
used as tombs where pharaohs were buried
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economy
Definition
a country's use of workers and resources to produce goods and services
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Howard Carter
Definition
discovered tomb of King Tutankhamen
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Hyksos
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nomads who conquered Egypt around 1800 B.C.
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Nile River
Definition
-flows south to north into Mediterranean Sea
-therefore, Lower Egypt is to the north
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delta
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land made by deposits at mouth of river
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papyrus
Definition
Egyptain paper made from reeds
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empire
Definition
groups of lands and people under one government
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Egyptain's
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economy based on farming
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government
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a neccessary part of civilization, laws
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women
Definition
they could own property in Egypt
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pharaoh
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-Egypt's supreme ruler
-worshipped by people as a God
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scribes
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-people trained to write hieroglyphics
- wrote mostly about religion and goverment
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overflow
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-of Nile River caused land to be fertile
-floods followed East Africa's rainy season
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writing
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major contributor to growth of civilization
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Hatsheput
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-first womand ruler known in history
-greatly increased Egypt's wealth by trade
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wheat
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Egypt's main crop
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Rosetta Stone
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helpe scholars learn meaning of Egyptian hirogyliphics
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Egypt
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mostly desert except for fertile ribbon of land along Nile River
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Valley of the Kings
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where many pharaohs and rulers were buried
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Khufu
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pharaoh who ordered construction of Great Pyramid
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