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Today in Mr. Schick’s western civilization class we completed the hand-out about Ancient Egypt. First, we reviewed key terms. Some environmental things we learned were that Cataracts are churning rapids of water and a delta is a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the Nile River. We also learned that Ka is the eternal life force, Maat is the goddess of goodness and order, pyramids were triangular tombs for the pharaohs, a nome is like a state, a dynasty is a series of pharaohs from a single family. Pharaohs are god-kings who were thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as the gods themselves. Hieroglyphics are an ancient form of writing in which pictures stood for certain sounds. Narmer was the strong-willed Egyptian king of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt. The linguist who deciphered the Rosetta Stone was named Jean Francois Champillion.