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Egypt

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The Rosetta Stone granite slab, found by French Soldiers in 1799 had Hieroglyphics, Demotic Script, and ancient Greek. Allowed us to translate /read ancient Egyption.
Egypt's River The Nile River.
Hieroglyphics drawing/symbol that represents a world/sound.
Bureaucracy System of official/officials that handle government business.
Polytheism belief in/worship of more than one god
Papyrus writing material made from a reed found along the Nile River. ''Paper''
Delta land formed from sediment deposited at mouth of a river.
Cataracts rocky rapids along the upper Nile River.
Dynasty ruling family, passes down power from one member to another.
Pharaoh king/queen of Egypt.
Cartouche on coffins ? Believed their Ba and Ka needed to find their way back to their tomb/body
Great Pyramid of Giza for who? Built for pharaoh Khufu, was the tallest manmade structure for 3800 years.
Nile River importance? It flooded yearly, deposited water and silt, making fertile soil for farming.
Who unified Upper and Lower Egypt? King Menes unified Upper/Lower Egypt around 3100 BC.
Steps Ani took to survive the Underworld? Paid for mummification/scarab amulet/protection spells.Bought Book of the Dead to avoid monsters. Scarab amulet protected him while he was tested/ heart weighed. Got
Process to get to the Land of Two Fields? first mummify bodies, Second do good deeds to get Osiris's approval for the Afterlife.
Trade between Egypt and Kush? Through trade, Kush adopted Egyptian culture/religion.
Sumerian and Egyptian similarities? They were both polytheists, with many different gods
Great Pyramids-Egypt's greatest achievements? Largest/tallest man-made structures for thousands of years, required vast coordination/workers, and required vast amounts of heavy building materials/labor.
Egyptian Religion -Mummification? Their religion taught that they needed their body in the Afterlife.
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