World History Vocabulary
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| Acquire | to get (something) : to come to own (something) : to come to have (something). : to gain (a new skill, ability, etc.) usually by your own effort.
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| Pharaoh | political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple
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| Pyramid | Egyptian architecture where the dead are buried.
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| Hatshepsut | brought peace and abundance to Egypt during the New
Kingdom. The Woman Who Was King 1473–1458 BC during Middle Kingdom
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| Merchant | a businessperson who trades in commodities produced by other people in order to earn a profit.
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| Papyrus | paper made from reeds growing by the Nile River
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| Agriculture | farming and animal rearing, to produce food to feed a civilization
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| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian written language
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| Book of the Dead | a guide to help people reach the afterlife
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| Trade | the act of exchanging one thing for another
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| Nile River | a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa
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| Mummification | All internal organs were removed- except the heart; considered integral to one's afterlife. The mummified body provided a place for a person's ba, or spirit, to return to the body after death.
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| Imhotep | was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history.
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| Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
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| Lower Egypt | Land north on the Nile
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| Upper Egypt | Land south on the Nile
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| Old Kingdom | 505 years
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| Middle Kingdom | 405 years
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| New Kingdom | 481 years
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