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Primarily Vocabulary from Prentice Hall Ancient Civilization textbook
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ruler who united Lower and Upper Egypt and built the city of Memphis
Tutankhamun
Amenhotep
Menes
Hatshepsut
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series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
diversity
dynamite
diversion
dynasty
3
complete control over someone or something
presidency
absolute power
limited monarchy
dictatorship
4
a life after death
six feet under
afterlife
heavenly
the worms go in; the worms go out
5
had a scribe create a myth, which stated that she was the sweet and favorite daughter of Amon
Hatshepsut
Amenhotep
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
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cataract
any strong flood or rush of water, rapids, or waterfall
cloudiness in one's eyes
agreement to work for a wage
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located between the 1st and the 2nd cataracts
Lower Nubia
Upper Nubia
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
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a dead body preserved in lifelike condition
a stiff
gruesome
cadaver
mummy
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title of the kings of ancient Egypt
pharaoh
sovereign
monarch
king
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ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day S'n Egypt and N'n Sudan
Lower Egypt
Nubia
Middle Earth
Upper Egypt
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Delta
a plain at the mouth of a river
type of kite
letter in the Greek alphabet
to change
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the site of the Great Pyramids
Aswan
Cairo
Giza
Valley of the Kings
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someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
regent
parent
royalty
au pair
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fine nutrient-rich soil found on river bottoms
slippery
slit
silk
silt
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a huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides; built as royal tombs in Egypt
ziggurat
pyramid
Sphinx
temple
