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CATARACT: A waterfall or rapids.
Significance: There were many cataracts in the Nile river
Significance: There were many cataracts in the Nile river
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DELTA: A fan-shaped area of silt where a river flows into the sea.
Significance: Main source of water and important channel for transportation for ancient Egypt.
Significance: Main source of water and important channel for transportation for ancient Egypt.
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PAPYRUS: A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile.
Significance: Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.
Significance: Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.Papyrus was a way of keeping track of records and laws, so that the Egyptian society would be able to know what their limits were.
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HIEROGLYPH: A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.
Significance: It is an Egyptian writing system
Significance: It is an Egyptian writing system
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DYNASTY: A sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group.
Significance: A dynasty measured a period of time to become more powerful, and more successful.
Significance: A dynasty measured a period of time to become more powerful, and more successful.
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PHARAOH: A title of an ancient Egyptian king.
Significance: The most powerful person in ancient Egypt who governed the people and believed to be a god
Significance: The most powerful person in ancient Egypt who governed the people and believed to be a god
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EMBALMING: preserving a body after death
Significance: To embalm a body, and preserve it, was a part of the Egyptian culture, and this part of the preserving stage was very important to them, to praise the dead.
Significance: To embalm a body, and preserve it, was a part of the Egyptian culture, and this part of the preserving stage was very important to them, to praise the dead.
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Pyramid : A monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
Significance: pyramids were used to put dead people in, to symbolize their great wealth that he/she brought to the society.
Significance: pyramids were used to put dead people in, to symbolize their great wealth that he/she brought to the society.
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Obelisk: Tapered four-sided pillar, originally erected in pairs at the entrance to ancient Egyptian temples. The Egyptian obelisk was carved from a single piece of stone, usually granite, and embellished with hieroglyphics.
Significance: The significance of the Obelisk is that it protected the Egyptians from any danger.
Significance: The significance of the Obelisk is that it protected the Egyptians from any danger.
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Silt: Earthly matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as sediment.
Significance: Silt provides fertile soil that makes it grow easier for Egyptian crop.
Significance: Silt provides fertile soil that makes it grow easier for Egyptian crop.
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Mummy: A body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.
Significance: These mummies resembled the life after death. The Egyptian culture believed in having life after death, so these people that have died, the Egyptians would wrap them, preserving them for another life.
Significance: These mummies resembled the life after death. The Egyptian culture believed in having life after death, so these people that have died, the Egyptians would wrap them, preserving them for another life.
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Ramses II: Ramses ii, also known as Ramses the great, was the third pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian empire.
Significance: He was a very important ruler of ancient Egypt and affected in Egypt in many ways.
Significance: He was a very important ruler of ancient Egypt and affected in Egypt in many ways.
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Hatshepsut: Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 14th century B.C. She is considered one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs.
Significance: She was a very important queen that ruled the people of Egypt, and she built a very important temple that brought use to many people.
Significance: She was a very important queen that ruled the people of Egypt, and she built a very important temple that brought use to many people.
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Step pyramid: A step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid.
Significance: The Step Pyramid is a milestone in the evolution of monumental stone architecture, both in Egypt and in the world .
Significance: The Step Pyramid is a milestone in the evolution of monumental stone architecture, both in Egypt and in the world .
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Scribe: A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps keep track of records.
Significance: we are able to know about the Egyptian beliefs and culture because of the records that Scribes used to maintain.
Significance: we are able to know about the Egyptian beliefs and culture because of the records that Scribes used to maintain.
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Khufu: Khufu, originally khnum-khufu, is the birth name of a fourth dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled in the first half of the old kingdom period.
Significance: Scribes recorded records and pieces of culture that now we can use for figuring out what it was like in the past. We can understand from these records more about the Egyptians beliefs and culture.
Significance: Scribes recorded records and pieces of culture that now we can use for figuring out what it was like in the past. We can understand from these records more about the Egyptians beliefs and culture.
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Afterlife: Life after death
Significance: The Egyptians believed that there was a life after you died, so the afterlife played a big role in their beliefs and culture.
Significance: The Egyptians believed that there was a life after you died, so the afterlife played a big role in their beliefs and culture.
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Succession: A number of people or things sharing a specified characteristics and following one after the other. the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property ,etc.
Significance: It is important because it keeps the power inside of the society, and new leaders.
Significance: It is important because it keeps the power inside of the society, and new leaders.
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Red land: The 'red land' was the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides. These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighboring countries and invading armies. They also provided the ancient Egyptians with a source for precious metals and semi-precious stones.
Significance : it provided protection for the people living in Egypt and kept intruders out.
Significance : it provided protection for the people living in Egypt and kept intruders out.
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Linen: A cloth made from flax plant used to wrap mummies.
Significance: Mummies are wrapped in.
Significance: Mummies are wrapped in.
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Black Land:
The 'black
land' was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians used
this land for growing their crops. This was the only land in ancient Egypt that
could be farmed because a layer of rich, black silt
was deposited there every year after the Nile
flooded.
Significance: The Black Land made it possible for the Ancient Egyptians to grow their crops by providing silt which acted as a natural fertilizer for their crops.
Significance: The Black Land made it possible for the Ancient Egyptians to grow their crops by providing silt which acted as a natural fertilizer for their crops.