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What is irrigation?
Allowed the Egyptians to control flooding and increase crop production
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Who is Menes?
King of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt and became Egypt's first pharaoh
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What is the Nile?
River located in Egypt
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What is papyrus?
A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
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Who is Amenhotep IV?
Pharaoh who was the father of King Tut and tried to change Egypt's religion from polytheistic to monotheistic
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What is polytheistic?
Egyptians believed in may gods, therefore we can say that they were
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What is a dynasty?
A series of rulers from the same family
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Who is Hatshepsut?
First woman pharaoh, she increased trade
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What is afterlife?
Much of Egyptian religion focused on this
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What is a pyramid?
great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh
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Who is Osiris?
Known as the God of the dead
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What are pyramids
These huge stone triangle-shaped tombs were built during the Old Kingdom
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What is pharaoh?
The title used by the rulers of Egypt
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Who is King Tutankhamen?
Boy pharaoh famous because Howard Carter found his tomb in tact
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What are pharaohs
Egyptian rulers that were considered gods on earth by their people
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