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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | how a civilization keeps order |
| Religon | Belief in go or gods (there are exceptions) |
| Art (and Architecture) | How a civilization expresses 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 everybody |
| social structure | how people are organized into groups |
| Civilization | Culture with the 7 characteristics |
| Ancient Egypt | Ancient culture along the Nile river |
| Nile river valley | valley in ancient Egypt |
| River valley civilization | Civilization in a valley with a river |
| Prehistory | History before writing |
| Theocracy | form of government with religious leaders |
| Trade/Commerce | Buying and selling goods |
| Archaeology | Study of artifacts |
| Century | 100 years |
| hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian pictographs (picture writing) |
| Pharaoh | Leader thats worshiped as a god |
| Dynasty | Family off rulers |
| Tomb | chamber used to burry the dead |
| scribe | person who's job is to write things |
| Artisan | crafts person- skilled at making things |
| Priest | person who had the authority to do religious rituals |
| Alliance | Team up of kingdoms, countries, etc |
| Pyramid | giant stone structure used to bury pharaohs in the old kingdom |
| Afterlife | belief in life after death |
| Embalm | process used to preserve a dead body |
| silt (alluvium) | Fertile soil deposited after a river floods |
| Vizer | Advisor and second most important government official after the pharoh |
| Sarcophagus | ornate stone coffin |
| Census | Counting the population |
| Famine | not having enough food |
| 6-7 kid | A kid named Mason who yells 67 at basketball games |
| 6-8 kid | The forgotten kid at the basket ball game the 6-7 kid yelled SIX SEVENNNNN |