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cataract
a cataract is a type of waterfall or a flow of water.
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History
6th Grade
11/05/2008

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cataract
Definition
a cataract is a type of waterfall or flow of water.
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interior
Definition
the inland parts of a region, or country
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Delta
Definition
a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often,
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expidition
Definition
a journey or trip taken for a certain purpose.
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Ritual

 

Definition
a ceremony enacted in the same way time after time
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double-crop
Definition
to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
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Hatshepsut
Definition
One of the few women to rule egypt
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authority
Definition
a person with authority is a person with th right to control other people
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pharaoh
Definition
what the rulers of Egypt were called
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Artisan
Definition
skilled workers who practice trade or handicraft
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Ramses II
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A person who ruled over egypt and tried to settle things through war.
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luxury goods
Definition
good that were not needed but made life more enjoyable in a way
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Snefru
Definition
a ruler who ordered expiditions to the eastern mediterranean sea.
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tribute
Definition
a payment made by a conquered people to a stronger power.
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Piye

Definition
a king who expanded the kushite empire by conquering one egyptian city after another.
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underworld
Definition
the world of the dead
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Afterlife
Definition
life after death
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mummy
Definition
a body preserved by a special process
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Imhotep
Definition
an achitect who designed a new tomb for his pharaoh called the step pyramid
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sculpture
Definition
a statue made of clay,rock or other materials
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Anatomy
Definition
the study of the body and its parts
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