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Ancient Egypt and Ancient Kush were located along this waterway
What is the Nile River?
this is the Egyptian process of preserving a body after death
What is mummification?
this form of paper made from the fiber of plants originated in Ancient Egypt
What is papyrus?
this item from the tusks of elephants was valued in both Egypt and Kush
What is ivory?
Ancient Kush was located in this modern-day nation
What is Sudan?
Egyptians believed that these people were sent down to earth to do the will of the gods
Who are the pharaohs?
besides slaves, this was another group of people who made up the lowest social class in Ancient Egypt
Who are farmers or free servants?
for most of their histories Ancient Egypt and Ancient Kush had __________ relations
What is peaceful?
this desert was to the west of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Kush
What is the Sahara Desert?
the pharaoh was both the __________ leader and the __________ leader
What is political (government) leader and religious leader?
the discovery of this in the 18th century was the key to understanding and reading Egyptian writing
What is the Rosetta Stone?
this heavy, dark wood was a valuable trade item for Ancient Kush
What is ebony?
the Nile River empties into this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
the Great Pyramid was built to honor this Old Kingdom pharaoh who ruled around 2500 BC
Who is Pharaoh Khufu?
this rock-carved creatures often guarded the tombs of pharaohs and other nobles in Ancient Egypt
What are sphinxes?
the inhabitants of Ancient Kush were the __________ people
What is Nubian?
a term - an area (often triangle-shaped) where soil is deposited as a river slows
What is a delta?
this was the written alphabet of Ancient Egypt
What is hieroglyphics?
In the United States the laws of government cannot be based on any particular religious beliefs and this is known as separation of church and state - this concept is written down in this part of the United States Constitution?
What is the First Amendment?
historians have been unable to decipher this writing system of Ancient Kush
What is meroitic?