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Egypt Vocabulary
Definition | Term |
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a waterfall or rapids in a river | cataract |
a writing system made up a combination of pictures and sound symbols | hieroglyphics |
a line of rulers from one family | dynasty |
government by religious leaders | theocracy |
ruler of ancient Egypt | pharaoh |
the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying | embalming |
great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh | pyramid |
fine particles of fertile soil | silt |
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams | irrigation |
a city that governs their self | city-state |
a belief in more than one god | polytheism |
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top | ziggurat |
a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedged-shaped marks made of soft cay | cuneiform |
a person who copies or writes documents | scribe |
a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero | epic |
a large territory or group pf many territories governed by one ruler | empire |