Ancient Egypt Vocab (Test 2)

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Hieratic script

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A simplified version of hieroglyphics.

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bureaucracy

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a type of government in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

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Giza

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City of the Great Pyramid

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Ka

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one of the spiritual bodies each person has according to Ancient Egyptians

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Pharaoh

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the highest rulers in Ancient Egypt

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Red lands:

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On both sides of the Nile River; too hot for habitation.

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Middle Kingdom

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Period of expansion and stability

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Lower Egypt

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the northern part of Egypt where the delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea

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Divided Upper and Lower Egypt when they were separate countries.

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The Nile River

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Tombs for deceased pharaohs

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Pyramids