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World History Page 8
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what where the 2 highest powers in egypt? | Pharaohs and Priests |
| how long did the age of pyramid building last? | from 2700 B.C to 1000 B.C |
| where does paper get its name from? | papyrus , the egyption paper. |
| who discovered the rosetta stone? | Napolians army in the late 1700's. |
| what is savannah? | its a large land area in central and south east africa . with grasslands and scattered trees. |
| where does the nile river flow? | flows toward the mediterranean sea and forms a delta. |
| where are egypts two largest cities located? | there located on the nile river delta. |
| what is the sub saharan africa called? | Black Africa. |
| how long did it take for the skin color to change from black to white? | About twenty thousand years. |
| where are the most famous buriel tombs in ancient egypt found? | giza near cairo. |
| what stands guarding the pyramids of giza? | the sphinx. |
| what was carved into the rosetta stone? | Hieroglyphics , and greek translation. |
| whats africa's major geographic features? | Sahera desert, and tropical rain forest. |
| what are deltas made of? | sediment. |
| where do lions , elephants, and giraffes live? | the savannah in africa. |