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-Egyptians developed math/engineering skills to build pyramids and temples.
- They created the calendar to track the stars for religious purposes and to monitor the flooding of the Nile.
- They practiced mummification which gave them knowledge of the human body.

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- The soil covered the banks and delta of the Nile river making it suitable for producing wheat, barley, and the papyrus plant
-In Kush, they traded slaves, ivory, gold, and cattle with Rome, India, and Arabia.
-Axum traded things such as hides, ivory, and slaves in exchange for money or products from India, Roman empire, and Arabia. By doing this and taxing foreign countries for trading and requiring conquered lands to pay tribute, Axum grew very rich.

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Egyptians were polytheistic, meaning they believed in many gods such as Ra the sun god, Osiris god of the dead, and Isis goddess that represented the ideal mother and wife
Ancient Egyptians mummified a dead persons body because they believed the soul would come back to it during the afterlife.
They believed in an afterlife. They believed that the god Anubis would judge their heart when they died.

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- Men and women were viewed really different because women weren't giving as much equality as men, and laws benefited mostly man.
- Egypt was one of the first civilizations to participate in a network of interactions with near or distant neighbors.
- slaves weren't based of their race but instead if they owed money and if they had money to pay it.

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- Local chiefs emerged due to more people settling near the Nile river.
-Gradually leaders united the towns into two kingdoms that were united by king Menes.
- The old kingdom had collapsed due to the noble class challenging the Pharaohs authority and the last thing that made it collapse was a period of drought which resulted in famine and starvation separating the two kingdoms for more than 100 years.