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What is an artisan? An artisan is a person that was skilled at crafting things by hand.
What is a cataract? A cataract is a large waterfall or steep rapids.
What is a dynasty? A dynasty is a series of rulers from the same family.
Why did the Egyptians use a calendar? They used it to predict when the Nile would flood.
What is the order of the social classes from highest to lowest? King, Vizier, Nobles/high priests, scribes/ soldiers, craftsmen/ merchants, farmers/ builders.
List three ways the people were affected by the Nile. The fertile soil provided crops, provided fish and water fowl, and the flooding destroyed the crops.
What are the steps of the mumification process? Announcment of death, embalming of the body, removal of the brain, removal of organs, drying out process, wrapping of the body, and final prossesion.
what is silt? Silt is a fine soil found at the bottom of rivers.
What is the old kingdom? 2686-2181 BC pharaohs kept peace and traded with nubia.
What is the middle kingdom? 1991-1786 BC pharaohs restored order in Egypt.
What is the new kingdom? 1567-1085 BC The time of new inventions.
How did the desert affect the Egyptians? It shielded them from attacks unlike mesopotemia.
How did egyptians use the land around the nile? The river flooded and after the water drained the farmers used that land to grow crops.
What agricultural techniques did the ancien Egyptians use? They dug irigation canals that carried water to dry land and with these lands now wet they had more land to grow crops on.
How did geography affect Egypt's economy? The nile became a highway and they used their surpluss of goods to trade with other countries and used the nile to get goods from one place another.
How did the climate affect the daily lives of the egyptians? The harsh desert and marshy swamp land protected and made the Egyptians stay close to home.
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