Egypt Vocab Part 1

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Plant in the Nile used for paper

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Papyrus

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Egyptian god of the afterlife

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Osiris

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Egyptian writing using small pictures to represent an alphabet

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Hieroglyphics

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Belief that souls live on after death

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Afterlife

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Leader of the New Kingdom known for many monuments and regarded as a powerful pharaoh.

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Ramses the Great

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Political stability and prosperity in Egypt

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Old Kingdom

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Reunification after Hyksos rule in southern Egypt

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New Kingdom

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Period when Egypt was reunited and conquered Nubia

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Middle Kingdom

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Group that ruled Southern Egypt for a century

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Hyksos

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Egyptian body preservation for afterlife

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Mummification