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River Valley/ Ancient Egypt Flashcards

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Cataract

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A waterfall or grupos of rocks that slow down the flow of water

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Agriculture

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Farming

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Code of Hammurabi

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Comprehensive set of laws, considered by many scholars to be the oldest laws established; development by Hammurabi, king of Babylon

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Cuneiform

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A system of writing that used wedged shaped symbols to represent sounds,ideas and objects; developed by the ancient Sumerians

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Delta

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Flat, fan shaped area of fertile land made of silt at the mount of a river

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Economy

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The way people manage money/resource for production of goods/services

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Empire

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Groups of lands and people ruled by one government

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Expedition

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A trip for a specific reason taken by a person or a group

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Fertile

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Area in which crops are able to be grown, rich in nutrients

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Fertile Crescent

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An ancient area of fertile land and rivers that extend in an arc shape between the Tigris and Euphrates

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Hieroglyphics

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Ancient Egyptian picture/symbols writing

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Irrigation

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Watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes

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Mesopotamia

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Land between the twin rivers- Tigris and Euphrates

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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Natural Resource

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Found in nature- useful to humans ( ex. A mineral, forest)

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Papyrus

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A reed plant that grows along the Nile River

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Pharaoh

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Ancient Egyptian King- leader

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Pyramid

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Burial tomb for an ancient Egyptian queen or king

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River Valley

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Fertile area along the sides of a river

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Scribe

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One who was able to read and write

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Silt

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A mix of tiny bits of soil and rock carries and deposited by a river

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Social Mobility

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The movement/ shifting of membership between/ within social classes by individual/ groups

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Social pyramid

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A diagram used to show the levels of society or social hierarchy in ancient Egypt

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Specialization

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Training to do a particular kind of work

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Surplus

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Extra of something

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Trade

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An exchange of goods

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Afterlife

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A life after death

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Khement

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Black land the color of Egypt’s land after the flood

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Monotheism

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Believe in one God

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Mummy

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A dead body preserved in life like conditions

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Shaduf

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A hand operated device for a lifting water

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