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Egypt has been called "The _________________" due to the river that runs through it.
The Gift of the Nile
The world's second-largest continent
Africa
A secretary to the king, ruler, general, or court
Scribe
Bible figure who became a vizier
Joeseph
The largest desert in the world
Saharah
Second in command to the Pharoah
Vizer
The longest river in the world
Nile
Irrigation device used by Egyptians
Shadoof
King who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
Not "Memes" Rayden
The highest mountain in Africa
Kilimanjaro
The place near Thebes where several tombs were found
The Valley of the Kings
A time of serious shortage of food
famine
title given to the Egyptian King
Pharoah
Pharoah's tomb who revealed much about ancient Egypt
Tutankhamen
low land between hills or mountains
valley
Monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, paws, and paws of a lion that stands near the pyramids
Sphinx
A tall, pointed pillar representing the Sun god Ra
Obelisk
a buildup of loose soil at the mouth of the river
delta
The only woman pharaoh in Egypt
Hatshepsut
A landform that rises higher than a hill
Mountain
Why did Egypt decline
They had no iron or bronze
Royal priests were fighting for power
A large tomb built for King Khufu
The Great Pyramid
a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls
cataract
The first Pharaoh
Akhenaton
A highland plain
Plateau