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- 2. to preserve a dead body by wrapping it in cloth strips after embalming it with oils.
- 5. a family of rulers that are in power in a country; the period of time when a country is led by members of the same family.
- 6. one half of the Earth.
- 8. fixed, precise.
- 10. ancient Macedonian ruler and king of Macedonia from 336-323 BCE. He overthrew the Persians and established the largest empire the ancient world had seen.
- 11. an independent state made up of a city and the land around it.
- 13. a designed circle used on maps to show direction.
- 15. an imaginary line running from the north pole to the south pole that passes through Greenwich, England; zero degrees longitude.
- 17. in Greek mythology, the goddess of arts, war and wisdom and the protectress of Athens. She was a daughter of Zeus, said to have been born from his head.
- 18. a major philosopher from ancient Greece who wrote "The Republic" around 380 BCE.
- 19. an ancient Egyptian ruler.
- 21. the city in which the center of government is located.
- 24. a form of written language, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, where symbols represent things.
- 28. an ancient Athenian philosopher who lived and taught approximately between 470-399 BCE.
- 29. an ancient Greek philosopher and student of Plato. He established a school in Athens in 335 BCE, and wrote many of his works there.
- 30. a tablet with inscriptions of the same decree written three ways: in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and demotic characters. It was discovered in 1799 near Rosetta, Egypt, and made it possible for historians to translate hieroglyphics for the first time.
- 31. the edge that separates one thing from another
- 32. a large, ancient stone structure with triangular sides and a square base. Such buildings were used as tombs for the rulers of ancient Egypt
- 33. an explanation of the symbols on a map or chart.
- 35. a distance measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, passing through Greenwich, England.
- 36. king of the gods in Greek mythology. The Romans called him Jupiter.
- 38. a type of paper made from a plant used in ancient times.
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- 1. seen from above, as from a bird's perspective.
- 3. a set of numbers that gives the location of a point on a map, grid or graph.
- 4. a picture that shows the features of an area of the Earth or sky.
- 7. a large statue in Giza, Egypt, of a mythological creature with the body of a lion and a human head.
- 9. a hero with great strength in Greek mythology. He is said to be half god.
- 12. sand, soil, mud and other small particles that sink to the bottom of bodies of water.
- 14. something, like a large building, that is easy to see and helps guide travelers.
- 16. considered in comparison to someone or something else.
- 17. in ancient Greece, a market and open space used for public meetings.
- 20. the world's longest river. It goes from Uganda north to Egypt.
- 22. existing in a material form; able to be seen and/or touched.
- 23. the place where something is.
- 25. distance north or south of the equator.
- 26. the relationship between something's actual size or distance compared to its size or distance on a map or model.
- 27. something that stands for or represents something else.
- 29. in Greece, the high, fortified area of Athens where the Parthenon is.
- 34. the space between two places or things.
- 37. the imaginary line around the Earth that is the same distance from the North and South Poles.