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| 2 landforms that protected Egypt |
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1. desert - discouraged invaders from attacking by land because of heat and lack of water
2. cataracts - made it almost impossible for invaders to attack from the Nile River |
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| world's second largest continent |
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the largest and most famous pyramid built as a tomb for King Khufu
still standing today |
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| the only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt |
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| the Bible character who became a vizier |
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| highest mountain in Africa |
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| the king who united Upper and Lower Egypt |
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| the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing |
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| the desert that covers most of Egypt |
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| monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stands near the pyramids |
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| the pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt |
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| the area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found |
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| a reason for the decline of Egypt |
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| they did not have iron to make strong weapons |
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| a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls |
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| a piece of land built up over years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of the river |
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| a time of serious shortage of food |
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often built ditches to trap some of the flood waters inland for use in irrigation
the people of Egypt worked on their buildings while they waited for the water to go down |
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came after planting season
crops were gathered for another year |
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| ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects |
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| a landform that rises higher than a hill |
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| a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life |
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| a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra |
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| the world's first paper-like material |
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title given to an Egyptian king
means "great house" |
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| a flat or level area of land |
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came after flooding season
Egyptians planted their crops in the fertile soil left by the flood waters |
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| the secretary to the ruler in a court |
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| the irrigation device used by the Egyptians |
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| the three Egyptian seasons |
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flooding season
planting season
harvest season |
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| low land between hills or mountains |
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| second in command to the Egyptian king |
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