ancent egypt Flashcards

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Theocracy

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When the ruler is the political and religious leader

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Hatchepsut

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The first woman ruler of egypt. She led egypt through a period of peace and prosperity. Created many monuments and promoted trade.

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Delta

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The part of the river that emptys out into a larger body of water. Has fetle soil and silt. Best place for farmng.

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4
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Nile river

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.gave life to anceint egypt
.stretches 4,000 miles long
.longest river in the world
.provides: drinking water, bathing water, fishing, and transportation.

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5
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Papyrus

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.Papyrus grew on the banks of the Nile River and would go through a process to be made into paper
.can make sandals with papyrus
.can make baskets with papyrus
can patch holes with papyrus

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shidoof

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.Used to lift water

.a contraption where you lower a bucket n water and bring t back up

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parroah

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the great rulers of anceint egypt

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Narmer

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united the kindoms of lower and upper egypt. Also was the first pharoah

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Chariot

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Horse driven cart first seen by the egyptions when the Hyksos used it agianst them,

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Hyksos

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A group of people that took over egypt for 100 years using their better weapons and battle techniques

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polytheism

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beleif in more than one god

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Ahmos

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took back egypt from the Hysos using ther own weapons and battle techniques

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13
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irrigation

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The moving of water from one place to another

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14
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Deitie

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A hunman god

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15
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egyption gods

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omni, thoth, hapi, Re

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16
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afterlfe

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.The life after death

.The egyptions did not beleve death was a bad thing and vewed it as the next step

17
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surplus

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an extra amount of food

18
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Agriculture

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the practice of farming and the domestcation of animals

19
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dynasty

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A line of rulers in the same family

20
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Scribe

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A scribe is a professonal writer who records trade and writes down history.

21
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pyramids

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aceint structures that acted as tombs for the pharoahs

22
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mummification

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  1. take out all the internal organs except for the hear and place them in canopic jars, heart holds the soul
  2. Dry out body with natron
  3. place spices inside the body and put makeup on the body
  4. wrap the body in linen
  5. put the body in ts tomb
23
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Jean champolion

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The person who after 2 decades of worked finnaly deciphered heiroglyphics

24
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The Rosetta stone

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A stone with heiroglyphics translated in demonic and anceint greek

25
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imhotep

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built the first pyramind whch was the step pyramid

26
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Lord canarvan

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The person who finaced the work of Howard Carter and whos death started the pharos curse

27
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Howard Carter

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The person who found the tomb of the pharoah Tutankhamen

28
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Ahmhotep IV

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The pharoah who changed the religion to monotheistic, not populer, changed name to akenaton, made aton the sun god the god to be worshiped, father of Tutankhamen

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Tutankhamen

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.The boy pharoah
.became pharoah at 9
.died at 19
.the opening of his tomb was rumord to be why the pharos curse was released

30
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Hatchepsut

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.Led egypt throught a period ofpeace and prosperity
.built many great monuments
.Suported trade