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| A triangular area if marshland formed by silt at the mouth of rivers |
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| An Egyptian ruler who was believed to be a living God |
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| Chief minister to supervise government actions and businesses |
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| The ancient Egyptian ritual of preserving the dead for the afterlife |
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| An Egyptian God of the dead andthe underworld which was killedy his brother Set and put back to life by his wife Isis |
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| The chief sungod to whom the Pharaohs of Egypt were supposedly closely related |
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| Early form or picture writing used to keep records in ancient Egypt |
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| Pictures that symbolize an idea or action |
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| A simpler form of writing for everyday use |
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| A plant that grows along the bank of the Nile that ancient Egyptians used to write on |
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| It was a stone that has the same writing in three different languages; Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphics. Using this we were able to decipher demotic and hieroglyphics |
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| A pyramid temple that soared towards the heavens |
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| Thearliest known form of writing developed by Sumerians that involved using a reedpen to make marks into a clay tablet |
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| The names of the three time periods of ancient eqypt |
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| The old kingdom,the middle kingdom the new kingdom |
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| When were the pyramids in Giza built and by whom were they built |
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| They were built in the old kingdom by peasants under the instructions of the Pharaoh |
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| Who invaded ancient Egypt in the middle kingdom |
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| Who was the most powerful Pharaoh in the new kingdom era in ancient egypt |
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| Where was. The fertile crescent |
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| Between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. |
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| The first law code written by the king of Babylon, Hammurabi |
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| A government official in charge of a providence |
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| According to the Torah he is the founder of the Israelite nation |
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| Men held the most legal authority |
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| Moral standards of behavior |
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| flat stone that translated demotics, greek and hieroglythics |
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