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Who was the Egyptian god of the underworld?
Osiris
The Sahara desert and the Nile river provided ___ that discouraged ____ from other countries
Natural barriers,invasions
One of the main themes in Egyptian n music is the
Nile river
Name one thing God used Joseph for?
Oversee food storage in Egypt
Advise pharaoh to store food for seven years of famine
provide food to many people including Israelites
The _______ controlled annual flooding
Aswan High Dam
The _____ was at the top of the social pyramid in Egypt
Pharoh
Name the two forms of Kushite writing
Hieroglyphics
A form of script
Name the first and last steps in the Egyptian mummification process
The embalmer cleaned of the skull
that once removed from the natron the body was rapped in linen strips
Egyptians experienced peace and stability during the ___
Middle kingdom
Egyptians used papyrus to create ____
baskets,boats,rope and paper
Trade grew in Kush because of it's natural ____
resources
Egypt conquered Kush and influenced the Kushite's __________
dress,God's,and hieroglyphics
God used Moses to ____
Lead the Israelites out of Egypt
The ______ were meant to show ____ and____ of the Pharohs and as ____ for the after life
Pyramids of Giza , wealth,power,tombs
At the time of their decline the kushite's had used nearly all their natural resources most of the trees had been _____ , the savannas had been _____, and the herds of cattle had been _______
burned as fuel,overgrazed,diminished