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The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized as this.
fertile
Kush had less farmable land than Egypt which led them to this.
Become motivated to trade with Egypt
In Ancient Egypt, those responsible for using hieroglyphics to record important information and maintain records were called this.
Scribes
Papyrus is this.
Paper made from reeds used for Egyptian writing
The Ancient Egyptian ritual of preserving their dead is known as this.
mummification
Ancient Egypt was most powerful during this time.
The Old Kingdom
In order to construct the pyramids, the Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and this.
Mathematics
Preserve their bodies in the afterlife.
Ideas spread from Egypt to other lands through buying and selling of goods and services called this.
commerce
In order to preserve the dead, the organs of the deceased person were this.
Gathered and collected in jars, then preserved with embalming fluid.
The correct order of the social structure of Ancient Egypt was this. (top to bottom)
Pharaoh, Priests, Scribes, Merchants, Farmers
The purpose of tomb paintings was this.
Tell the story of the buried person's life.
Egypt's grain surplus encouraged people to become artisans because this.
Rulers used the surpluses to buy goods such as cloth, jewelry, and luxury goods.
Farmers used astronomy to farm because it helped them do this.
Tell which season they were in and plan for floods accordingly.
Pictures and Symbols representing letters, ideas, and words.
The Book of the Dead is a well-known piece of Ancient Egyptian literature that details this.
The effect that continued trade with Egypt had on Kush was this.
Kushites adopted many of the elements of Egyptian culture
The geography of Ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as this.
The Red Land
Egyptian farmers were able to create a surplus because of this.
Regular flooding of the Nile allowed for farmers to use irrigation to plant and grow a variety of plants that were easy to maintain.
Egypt conquered Kush in the Middle and New Kingdom primarily for this reason.
They wanted iron, gold, and other materials that Kush had without paying for them.
These were two major Kushite accomplishments.
The invention of one of the world's first alphabets.
The development of Africa's first ironworking center.
Two possible consequences of a drought in Ancient Egypt are this.
The yield of grain crops would decrease.
Not having enough food would cause people to go hungry.
Hatshepsut changed Egypt during her reign as Pharaoh by doing this.
She increased Egypt's wealth through trade.
The functions Egypt's bureaucracy performed for the pharaoh were these.
Collecting taxes from farmers
Distributing surpluses to officials, priests and merchants.
Creating a written system that allowed people to record information and stories. This allowed civilizations to keep track of supplies as well as spreading their culture from place to place and time to time.