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VOCABULARY WORDS

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CATARACT:

a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
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DELTA:

a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
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DYNASTY:

a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty.
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PHARAOH:

a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
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DEITY:

a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
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PAPYRUS:

a tall, aquatic plant THAT WAS USED BY ancient Egyptians
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HIEROGLYPHICS:

inscribed with hieroglyphic symbols
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EMBALMIMG:

to cause to remain unchanged; prevent the development of.
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MUMMY:

a dead body dried and preserved by nature.
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PYRAMID:

a platform for a temple.
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TRIBUTE:

obligation or liability to make such payment.
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NILE RIVER:

  • a river in E Africa, the longest in the world,
  • Flowing north from lake victoria
  • 3473 miles long
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KING TUTANKHAMEN:

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty
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RAMSES

the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
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HATSHEPSUT:

1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
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HYKSOS:

a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties,
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KUSH:

The Kingdom of Kush or Kush was an ancient African kingdom
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NUBIA:

a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
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THEBES:

an ancient city in Upper Egypt
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