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Egypt
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | how a civilization keeps order |
| Religion | belief in a god or gods |
| Art and architecture | how a civilization express values and creativity |
| Technology | tools, skills, inventions, and innovations |
| System of writing | means of keeping records that can be read |
| Stable food supply | Enough food for everyone |
| social structure | how people are organized into groups |
| Civilization | Culture with the 7 characteristics |
| hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian pictographs |
| Pharaoh | leader that was worshiped as a god |
| Dynasty | family of rules |
| Tomb | chamber used to bury the dead |
| scribe | person whose job was to write |
| artisan | a person who is skilled at making things |
| pries | person who had authority to do religious stuff |
| alliance | team of kingdoms |
| pyrimds | giant stone sturcture |
| afterlife | belief in life after death |
| embalm | process used to pervre a dead body |
| silt | fertile soil |
| vizier | second most important |
| sarcopnagus | stone coffin |
| consuls | counting the populiation |
| famine | not having enough food |
| ancient Egypt | ancient civilization along the Nile |
| Nile river valley | valley in ancient Egypt |
| River valley Civilization | Civilization in a valley with a river |
| perhistory | history before writing |
| theocracy | form of government with a religions leader |
| trade | buying and selling goods |
| archeology | study of artifacts |
| century | 100 years |