Ancient Egypt Society / Orange
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focusing on efficiently producing a limited number of goods or services
specilization
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A process of preserving a persons body
mumification
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When a person died, their spirit continued living and their spirit required a body in
afterlife
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Inner organs removed from the body and placed in special urns called
canopic jars
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A place where the body and the jars were placed inside a coffin called a
sarcophagus
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The social class made up of only one individual; the pharaoh
highest class
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The class which included nobles, priests and the vizier, or advisor.
ruling class
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The class that provided goods and services and held specialized jobs such as artisans, merchants, soldiers, scribes, and doctors.
middle class
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The class made up of peasants and enslaved people who were poor farmers..
lower class
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In 3100 BC who took control of both Upper and Lower Egypt
King Narmer
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A government leader that controlled all aspects of government and religion and over time took control of all water resources and owned all land in Egypt
pharaohs
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The pharaohs ruled through family groups known as
dynasties
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The pharaohs established regional and local governments to________ in all part of the kingdom
enforce their laws
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One responsibility of the pharaohs was to organize the construction of ____________ for farns
irrigation systems
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The pyramids were built as tombs for
Egyptian pharaohs
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God of the afterlife
Osiris
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The first major monotheistic religion during the time of ancient Egypt
Judism
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One of ancient Egypt's major trading partners was
Nubia
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The pyramids were built as tombs for
Egyptian pharaohs
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Egypt traded wheat and other food goods to Nubia in exchange for
gold
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Nubia controlled the _______farther inland
Nile River
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Nubia also controlled Egypt's access to trade with the interior of
Africa
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Egypt used ___________ to overpower Nubia during the New Kingdom
military power
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Egypt required Nubia to provide ____________ as tribute to the pharaoh
gold, cattle, and other goods
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The spread of people, ideas, technology and products from one culture to another
cultural diffusion
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The Egyptians developed a system of writing using picture like symbols
hieroglyphics
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Ancient Egypt's record keepers were called __________ and they recorded building measurements, crop totals, and population data
scribe
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A paper like material created from a reed plant and was the world's first form of parchment used for writing.
papyrus
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A feat of Egyptian architecture that is 200 feet long and 60 feet wide
Sphinx at Giza
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Massive stone monuments with a rectangular base and triangular sides that meet in a point at the top
pyramid