Egypt
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Obelisk | tall, thin pillars with pyramid-shaped tops
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Smelt | to melt or fuse metal in order to separate the metallic components
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Bureaucracy | a highly structured organization, often government, managed by officials
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Delta | a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt
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Pharaon | ruler of ancient Egypt
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Theocracy | a government ruled by religion leaders who claim God's authority
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Papyrus | a paper-like material made by ancient Egyptians from the stem of the stem of the reedy papyrus plants, which grows in the Nile River delta
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Rosetta Stone | stone founded in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek; gave the first clue to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Cataracts | Rocky Stretches in a river marked by rapid currents or waterfalls
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Mummification | the process of preserving the body with chemicals after death
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Hieroglyphics | a form of ancients writing picture symbols represent sounds
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Menes | first Pharaoh of Egypt; he is credited with uniting upper and lower Egypt and is said to have founded the city of Memphis; the capital of unitfied Egypt
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Hatshepsut | queen of ancient Egypt; shew took the throne in place of her stepson, Thutmose lll, and during her resign focused on templed building project and trade
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Ramses the Great | Pharaoh of Egypt; he led an army againist Hittle invaders of Egypt. He ruled Egypt with extravagance and built more temples and monument than any other Egyptian Pharaoh
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Piankhi | king of ancient Kush; he led the Kushites north into Egypt; conquering all Egypt and marking himself Pharaoh
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