Fill in the blank. The Nile River made Egypt fertile due to its yearly .
Pyramids were built during the period in ancient Egypt.
The French scholar Jean-François Champollion used the to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The pharaoh Akhenaten introduced the first example of by pushing for the sole worship of the sun god Aten.
The first female pharaoh was .
During the , ancient Egypt's territory reached its greatest extent.

1. flooding

2. Old Kingdom

3. Rosetta Stone

4. monotheism

5. Sobekneferu

6. New Kingdom

7. The Nile was the main source of water and the main route of transit in ancient Egypt. Its annual flooding was predictable and enriched the soil, which made the Nile River Valley one of the most productive in the ancient world.

8. The Egyptians worshipped many gods. The pharaohs were not only the head of the religion in Egypt, but their rule was also thought to be ordained by the gods. Ancient Egyptians believed that the afterlife was similar to their living life and wanted to prepare people for a similar existence after death. As a result, for the pharaohs during the Old Kingdom, the pyramids were constructed as elaborate tombs that contained everything that a ruler might need in the afterlife.

this forms a narrow, steep sided inlet (sometimes deeper than 1300 metres) connected to the sea. the terminal moraine pushed down the valley by the glacier is left underwater at the fjord’s entrance, causing the water at the neck of the fjord to be shallower than the main body of the fjord behind it.

judaism, christianity and islam, are all abrahamic religions and therefore have in common the hebrew idea of a single god which is the source of all morality. the idea of the covenant is only related to judaism, while dharma is a concept of indian religions and the four noble truths are basic principles of buddhism.