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History of civ
Review of Egypt (ch 5)
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Undergraduate 1
09/26/2016

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Isthmus of Suez
Definition
extinct land connection between Africa and Asia
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Sahara
Definition
world's largest desert
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Egypt
Definition
once the most magnificent empire in the world

called "seedbed of African cultures"
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Mizraim
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most ancient name for Egypt
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Copts
Definition
ancient Egyptians
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nomes
Definition
small Egyptian states
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Lower and Upper Egypt
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the two remaining nomes after Pharoahs consolidated them
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Menes
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1st Pharoah
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Herodotus
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Greek "father of history"
called Egypt "gift of the Nile"
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hieroglyphics
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Egyptian picture writing
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Book of the Dead
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most important Egyptian work
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Memphis & Thebes
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2 most important Egyptian capitals
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necropolis
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"city of the dead"
only remnant of Thebes
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Champollion
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deciphered Rosetta Stone
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