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- refers to the "chief minister" that pharaohs depended on to supervise the government
- pharaoh that extended Egypt's borders to its largest size
- refers to the leaders of Ancient Egypt
- refers to the triangular area of marshland where silt is deposited at the mouth of a river
- group that was at the bottom of Egyptian society (52)
- name for "heaven" the Ancient Egyptians (51)
- which river was the lifeline for Ancient Egypt?
- group that conquered Egypt around 1700 BC (48)
- this sun god was the chief god of the Egyptians
- Egypt had this type of government which the ruler had political and religious power
- which group did the Egyptians sign what is considered the first "peace treaty" with? (49)
- female pharaoh that wore a beard to appear as a man
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- Egyptians wrote on this
- this was used by Jean Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
- god of the underworld (51)
- these served as tombs for pharaohs
- another name for the Old Kingdom because of the pyramids built during that time (48)
- writing system of Ancient Egypt
- refers to a "ruling family" (47)
- refers to the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and then wrapping them in cloth
- deciphered Egyptian writing with the Rosetta Stone
- used when a person died to help the soul journey through the afterlife (51)
- this was developed by mapping the heavens and stars, which helped Egyptians develop a 12 month calendar (54)
- reference to the "sun-baked" desert that stretches across N. Africa (46)
- Greek historian that said that without the Niile River, egypt would just be a barren desert (46)
- pharaoh that tried to change the polytheism of Ancient Egypt to the worship of only one god, Aton (52)
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