Chapter 2 - Pyramids On The Nile Flashcards
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Environmental issues
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Flooding could be higher (destroy crops) or lower (starved) than normal, deserts reduced interaction with other people
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Narmer
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United upper and lower Egypt
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Upper and Lower Egypt
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Upper south, lower north, united into a kingdom by Narmer
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Pharoah
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God-king of Egypt; theocracy
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Writing system
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Hieroglyphics - pictographs
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Dynasty
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A chain of family members as rulers, passed on to sons
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Pyramids
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Tombs for pharaohs to prepare for the afterlife
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Mummification
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Embalming and preserving a dead body to prepare it for the afterlife
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Nile River
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River flowing through Egypt that was a major part of their way of life
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Delta
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A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the Nile
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Cataract
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Churning rapids
