Vocabulary Flashcards
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Archives
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Public records
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Empires
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Groups of territories under one government
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Monarchy
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Ruled by a king or queen
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Hereditary
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Passed down from parent to child
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Theocracies
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Governments in which religious and political leadership is help by the same person
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Dynasty
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Line if rulers from one family
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Scribes
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Ancient writers
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Cuneiform
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Sumerian system of writing
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Delta
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Fan shaped area of swampy land
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Shadoof
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Egyptian machine that lifts water from a river
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Bureaucracy
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Branch of government that administers public policy
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Bureaucrats
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Government officials
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Vizier
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Egyptian prime minister; chief advisor
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Nomes
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Egyptian provinces
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Embalming
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Process used to preserve a body
