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Unit 3: Egypt

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What did the Nile provide for the Egyptians? drinking water irrigate crops trade and travel fertile land
Describe the Delta huge fertile shaped like a triangle
What are the cycles of the Nile? planting harvesting (picking) flooding
What did farmers do during the planting season? plow fields and plant crops
What did farmers do during the harvesting (picking) season? harvest (pick) crops
What did farmers do during the flooding season? leave the fields to build pyramids
What is Egyptian writing called? hieroglyphics
Who were Egyptian writers? scribes
What did scribes write about? taxes, laws, stories
Who was the leader in Ancient Egypt? pharaoh
Who was the pharaoh's advisor? vizier
What were important people like scribes, priests, and doctors called? nobels
Who created jewelry, pottery, tools, and other crafts? craftsmen
What were prisoners of war known as? slaves
What were earthly homes for gods/goddesses called? temples
What is the belief in many gods/goddesses called? polytheism
What were pyramids used for? to bury pharaohs
Why were Egyptians mummified? so the sould could recognize them in the afterlife
How were Egyptians mummifed? body was cleaned, organs removed, body dried, and body was wrapped in cloth
What was built during the Old Kingdom? pyramids
Why did they stop buildling pyramids? they were robbed
What improved during the Middle Kingdom? art literature trade building projects
What happened at the end of the New Kingdom? Egypt was attacked and they were conquered.
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