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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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