chapter 3: Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
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| 7166595468 | mummification | the process of preserving a diseased body, through a periodic process of embalming and drying, which was also commonly associated with early Egyptian Society | 0 | |
| 7180948041 | Savannah | a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees |  | 1 |
| 7180973497 | demographic pressures | things such as human populations, including their size, growth, density, and distribution which affect or "pressure" (in either a positive or negative way) their environment | 2 | |
| 7180973904 | Menes | an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early dynastic period, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the first dynasty | 3 | |
| 7180983743 | pharaoh | the title or name given to ancient Egyptian Kings, but has later come to be known as certain kings or tyrants in general | 4 | |
| 7180994585 | mercenary | a professional hired to serve in a foreign army | 5 | |
| 7180997140 | scribe | trained professionals who applied their skills of reading and writing to tasks of administration | 6 | |
| 7181001294 | cataracts | are/is a descent of water over a steep surface, such as a waterfall, especially one of considerable size | 7 | |
| 7181013353 | hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian pictographs in written language | 8 | |
| 7181017240 | pyramids | quadrilateral masonry masses which have smooth, steeply sloping sides that meet at an apex, and are used as tombs for Ancient Egyptian peoples and Pharaohs | 9 | |
| 7181026826 | Rosetta Stone | stone that contained carved messages in hieroglyphics, Greek and demotic; led to deciphering of hieroglyphics | 10 |
