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- 3. A process of drying and preserving corpses to prevent them from decaying
- 6. great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh
- 7. God of embalming; weighs the heart after death
- 11. a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC; rise of the MIDDLE class and trade.
- 12. Physical obstacles created by nature. They prevent people from getting through to a place. For example: mountains, deserts, oceans, seas.
- 13. a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea.
- 14. "paper" made from a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile
- 17. a waterfall or rapids in the river
- 18. When the great pyramids were built. Memphis was the capital. Lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC
- 19. belief in more than one god
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- 1. Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead
- 2. a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
- 4. (1550 BCE - 1100 BCE) Period in ancient Egyptian history characterized by strong pharaohs who conquered an empire that stretched from Nubia in the south, to the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia.
- 5. Egyptian sun god
- 8. a government official
- 9. government run by religious leaders
- 10. a line of rulers from one family
- 15. ruler of ancient Egypt
- 16. a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins