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Ancient Egypt: Nile River
Question | Answer |
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Kemet | rich black soil |
Silt | fertile soil for farming |
Delta | triangular area of flatlands |
Papyrus | reed used for making paper |
Sanai Peninsula | weak spot for invasion |
Polytheism | the belief in many gods |
Monotheism | the belief in one god |
Amon-Re | sun god |
Osiris | god of the Nile and the Dead |
Isis | wife of Osiris |
Set | evil brother of Osiris |
Horus | sky God |
Anubis | guide of dead and god of embalming |
Hathor | goddess of motherhood |
Book of the Dead | help the Egyptians get into the underworld; It contained magic, spells, prayers, and hymns |
pyramids | burial tombs for the kings |
mummification | process that preserved the body of the dead for entry into the afterlife |