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The Importance of the Nile River . Pages 135 - 140. Nation – state. A region with a single government and a united group of people. Nation – state. Example: United States United Kingdom How will I remember this? Different states form 1 nation . predict.
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The Importance of the Nile River Pages 135 - 140
Nation – state • A region with a single government and a united group of people
Nation – state • Example: • United States • United Kingdom • How will I remember this? • Different states form 1 nation
predict • Predict – to tell ahead of time
predict • Example: weather forecaster • How will I remember this? • Pre = before • Dict = to tell
inundation • The yearly flood
inundation • Example: • Spring time • March/April • How will I remember this? • Inundate = a lot • In = water comes in large amounts
Emergence • When the land appears & the water is absorbed after the flood • Time for planting crops in Egypt
Emergence • Example: • summer • How will I remember this? • Emerge = it is seen, can see the land in Egypt
harvest • Time to pick the crops and store crops for inundation
harvest • Example: • Fall • Sept/October • How will I remember this? • Harvest = pick crops • Thanksgiving
shaduf • Long pole with a bucket on one end • Used to lift water from the river to the fields
shaduf • Example: • Irrigation • How will I remember this? • Shad is a fish
Osiris • The god who ruled over the dead • The god who judged the people in the afterlife • Taught the people how to farm (plow, till, plant) • Taught the people how to irrigate
Osiris • Example: • Ruler of “heaven’ • How will I remember this? • Cat movie in SS
Hapi • The god of the Nile River
Hapi • Example: • Poseidon is the god of the seas in Ancient Greek • How will I remember this? • When Hapi is happy there are no floods
Re • The sun god • Egypt’s most powerful god
Re • Example: • Zeus in Ancient Greece • How will I remember this? • Re = ray = ray of sun
afterlife • Life after death
Afterlife • Example: • heaven • How will I remember this? • 2 parts of the word = life after
nomes • Capitals of city-states • Each had its own leader
nomes • Example: • Boston, Massachusetts • Hartford, Connecticut • Providence, Rhode Island • How will I remember this? • Our states have a leader and a capital city
Menes • Pharaoh who united Egypt
Menes • Example: king, president • How will I remember this? • Menes was a powerful man • Pharaoh’s in Egypt were men