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The most popular river
Nile
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How long is the Nile
4,100 miles
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where does the Nile start ?
Northward Africa
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rapids caused by narrow cliffs and fallen rocks
cataracts
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What do the cataracts divide?
upper and lower Egypt
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land between med sea and beginning of Nile Delta
lower egypt
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when do deltas form
when the sea level is the same
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land between beginning of delta and first cataract
upper egypt
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what is the nile used for
travel and transportation
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deserts provide
protection
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west of egypt
libyan desert
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east of egypt (red sea)
arabian desert
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Menes unite upper and lower egypt when ?
3100 B.C. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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established what capital
memphis
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first in a series of strong leaders
dynast
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what did pharaohs control
government, army, religion, and nature
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pharaohs ruled even when they were
dead
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pharaohs were buried with....
everything they need in the afterlife
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when were most pyramids built
old kingdom
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how many pyramids still stand today
80
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the first illness was a period of
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strong kings restored
law and order
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the new capital was
thebes
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built between red sea and nile river
canal
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built to trap nile flood waters from irrigation
dikes
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swamps were
to drain water from farmland
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common people believed they could
go to the afterlife
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invaders from the uplands
hyksos
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where did the invaders come from and what were the riding
isthmus and suez, they came over on horse drawn chariots
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what did the egyptians learn from the hyksos
- how to shoot arrows from horse drawn chariot
- make bronze
- spinning and weaving
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ahhotep
a queen who drove the hyksos out of egypt
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prevailing winds blow
south
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what month did it always flood and what did it bring?
july, and rich soil for growing crops
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