Vocabulary
Cataract: A descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
Significance of cataract : The cataract in ancient Egypt ( The Nile river) helped the Egyptians in their every day life by preventing invaders and providing a water source for irrigation, The Nile river unfortunately also blocked transportation of the ancient Egyptians to the south.
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Significance of cataract : The cataract in ancient Egypt ( The Nile river) helped the Egyptians in their every day life by preventing invaders and providing a water source for irrigation, The Nile river unfortunately also blocked transportation of the ancient Egyptians to the south.
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Step pyramid: A step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid.
Significance of step pyramids: The step pyramids were the first pyramids that the ancient Egyptians built. Step pyramids were built with the method of layering rocks and stacking them.
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Significance of step pyramids: The step pyramids were the first pyramids that the ancient Egyptians built. Step pyramids were built with the method of layering rocks and stacking them.
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After life: The life after death
Significance of after life: The belief in after life was huge in ancient Egypt , people in Egypt worshiped gods that controlled death and after life. They spent money and time to bury and build pyramids for dead pharaohs and queens because they believed that the more money you were buried with meant the more wealthy you were in the afterlife.
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Significance of after life: The belief in after life was huge in ancient Egypt , people in Egypt worshiped gods that controlled death and after life. They spent money and time to bury and build pyramids for dead pharaohs and queens because they believed that the more money you were buried with meant the more wealthy you were in the afterlife.
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