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A large ancient African kingdon south of egypt
Nubia
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the capitol city of Nubia
Meroc
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A Nubian Kingdom freed from Egypt in 1650 bc
Kush
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The Capitol of the African Kingdom of Kush
Napata
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New Kingdom pharoah who conquered Nubia and brought Ancient Egypt to the height of it power
Thutimose II
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King of Kush who conuered Upper Egypt
Kashta
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Conquered the rest of Egypt
Plankhi
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Queen of Kush who led military expeditions and built monuments
Amanirency
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An anchient kingdom and preserved country in Northern Africa
Egypt
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The area of land surronding the Nile River
Nile River Valley
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The longest river in the world, it flows from east Africa to Egypt
Nile River
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The region of Egypt that surrounds the Nile Delta
Lower Egypt
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The region south of the Nile Delta
Upper Egypt
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A city on the Nile in Egypt
Memphis
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A triangular share arc at the mouth of some rivers
Delta
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A mixture of soil and small rocks
Silt
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A plant used to make paper
Paparus
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A city in Egypt where the Great Pyramids are located
Giza
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A village built for workers at the valley of the king in Egypt
Dicir El Medina
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Legendary Ancient Egypt King
Menes
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To unite, combine, or bring together
Unify
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in ancient Egypt, a god king
pharoah
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A large stone building to serve as a house for the dead
Pyramid
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a form of writing based on pictures
Heircoglyphics
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a preserved dead body
Mummy
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the way people use and manage resources
economy
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helped keep Egyptians track of the height of water
Nilometer
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Egyptians made what to keep track of when the Nile would flood
Calander
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The nile was mysterious because the Egyptians did not know
when or how long it would flood
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Describe the route of the Nile River
4,000 miles long, begins in East Africa and flows eastern to the Meditterian Sea. Flows North to South
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Why was the Nile River Valley important to the development of civilization in Egypt
Thrive, irrigate both sies (5miles each) Land, Dessert and bunch of rich soil
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List 3 ways in which the nile River Helped the Egyptians? How did the Nile River hinder or hurt Egyptians
- 1.) Brings Silt through it
- 2.) Irrigation
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harms them when if overflows
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When did the Egyptians determin that the Nile would flood
It would flood May to September. They could tell by the shape of the moon
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Why were calenders important to Egyptians
To determine when the Nile would flood
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How did the understanding the flood cycles of the nile help the Egyptian Civilization thrive
By understanding it they could irrigate their land
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Do we know for certain who united the Upper and Lower Egypt? Why or Why not?
No, bacause there were few records.
But legend says King Menes led his Army north into lower Egypt wearing a double crown
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What are Egyptians hieroglyphics, and how are they different from Sumerian picture writing
unlike sumerian came from writing, Egyptians heiroglyphics represented objects and idea that also stood for vands???
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What changes occurred during the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom
New Kingdom they referred to pharoah as king or god.
Changes in kings, changes in social classes, changes in interaction with other cultures
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What discovery led the eventual decoding of hieroglyphics? How did this discover help archaeologist decode the writing?
The Rosetta Stone helped solve the mystery of the of reading Egyptian hieroglyphics on buildings
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What types of information did scribes record?
How much wheat and taxes they had to provide
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Why and how did the Egyptians build pyramids
They cut grant with cliffs and built them to hose the Pharoah
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What did thousands of Egyptian farmers do while the Nile was flooding their fields?
built pyramids
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What are the three facts that describe Egyptian Religion? How did religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians affect the way they lived their lives?
- 1.) Built Pyramids as tower to bury their Pharoahs
- 2.) Polytheism
- 3.) Belived in Pharoahs
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What made Egyptian economy more prosperous?
they had a lot of trade with other people
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How were the ancient Egyptians and Nubia alike or similar?
The irrigation canals and were both polytheisist
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How is the land of Nubia different from the land of Egypt
Nubia was surrounded by rocky cliffs and granite
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Why did the Egyptians want granite blocks from Nubia's northern region
to build pyramids
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How did the relationship between Egypt and Nubia change over time?
Egypt wanted to gain contol over more land. Egypt depended on trade for goods they wanted control over. Nubia they could take anything without trade anything
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What was the effect of Egypt's invasion of the Nubian kingdom of Kush?
Egypt had less inluence over Nubien than it ever had
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