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Egyptian vocabulary
terms and definitions for first week of Egyptian unit
Term | Definition |
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afterlife | an existence after death |
agriculture | the organized growing of plants and raising animals; farming |
cataract | a waterfall or rapids in a river |
delta | a fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea |
dynasty | a line of rulers from one family |
economy | the system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods |
hieroglyphics | a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols |
irrigation | a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or canals |
papyrus | a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River; paper made from that plant |
pharaoh | ruler of ancient Egypt |