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Egypt
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Acqire | to get something |
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Pharaoh | leader of Egypt |
Pyramid | place for dead people |
Hetsutsup | first female pharoah |
Merchant | a businessperson who trades in commodities produced by other people in order to earn a profit. |
Papyrus | paper made from reeds growing by the Nile River |
Agriculture | farming and animal rearing, to produce food to feed a civilization |
Hieroglyphics | Egyptian written language |
Book of the Dead | a guide to help people reach the afterlife |
Trade | the act of exchanging one thing for another |
Nile River | a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa |
Mummification | All internal organs were removed- except the heart; considered integral to one's afterlife. The mummified body provided a place for a person's ba, or spirit, to return to the body after death. |
Imhotep | was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history. |
Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. |
Lower Egypt | Land north on the Nile |
Upper Egypt | Land south on the Nile |