Egypt Flashcards

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The Nile

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The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Environmental Challenges

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water scarcity, air pollution, damage to historic monuments, animal welfare issues, and deficiencies in its waste management system.

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Upper/Lower Egypt

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In Egyptian history, the Upper and Lower Egypt period was the final stage of prehistoric Egypt and directly preceded the unification of the realm

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Delta

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The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea

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Narmer

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Narmer was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period.

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Theocracy

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a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god

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Pyramid

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A tomb for people in a higher power

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Egyptian

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a native of ancient or modern Egypt, or a person of Egyptian descent.

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Mummification

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The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians used

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Life in Egypt

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Egypt was a very fertile land, and under normal circumstances, no one went hungry. Food could be homegrown, earned in the form of rations (there was no money), hunted, fished, or bartered at the market. Water could be obtained from wells, the Nile, or irrigation canals built by the Egyptians.

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Hieroglyphics

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enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.

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Papyrus

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Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge

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Egyptian Science and Technology

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The ancient Egyptians would come to invent mathematics, geometry, surveying, metallurgy, astronomy, accounting, writing, paper, medicine, the ramp, the lever, the plow, and mills for grinding grain

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3 kingdoms of Egypt

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The history of ancient Egypt is divided into three main periods: the Old Kingdom (about 2,700-2,200 B.C.E.), the Middle Kingdom (2,050-1,800 B.C.E.), and the New Kingdom (about 1,550-1,100 B.C.E.).

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Pharaohs

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a ruler in ancient Egypt.

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