Ancient Egypt

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What's going on with that Nile River?

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Annual flooding

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In what direction did the Nile flow?

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North

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What role did the deserts play in the lives of Egyptians?

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It protected them from invaders and forced them to live near the Nile.

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_____ wrote hieroglyphics to keep track of things like ceremonies & taxes.

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scribes

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Upper and Lower Egypt were ____ during the Old Kingdom.

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unified

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A vizier was...

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the chief minister who supervised day-to-day government

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A 'nomarch' can be thought of as a modern day...

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governor

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Even though there was a lot of turbulence during the Middle Kingdom, Egyptian pharaohs were able to...

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restore prosperity

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During the Middle Kingdom, trade increased with ____, but eventually, Egyptians occupied the area.

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Nubia

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The Cult of Osiris was popular during the Middle Kingdom because...

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it gave people hope they could enter the afterlife even if they weren't very rich.