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Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Herodotus | Greek author who traveled throughout the known world; wrote about the wars between Greece and Persia in History, the first major historical work of ancient times |
| Lower Nubia | An ancient region in northern Africa extending from the Nile Valley in Egypt to present-day Sudan, specifically, between the first and second Nile cataracts |
| Upper Nubia | An ancient region in northeastern Africa that extended from the Nile Valley in Egypt to present-day Sudan, specifally, between the second and sixth cataracts |
| Upper Egypt | An area in ancient Egypt in the Nile Valley, south of the river's delta and the 30th northern parellel |
| Lower Egypt | An area in Ancient Egypt, in the northern Nile River region |
| Cataract | A large waterfall' any strong flood or rush of water |
| Delta | A triangular-shaped plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sedimant is deposited by flowing water |
| Hatshepsut | Stepmother of Thutmose III; ruled Egypt as regent and then as pharoah; achieved economic success, especially in trade |
| Menes | Founder of the first Egyptian dynasty; unified Upper and Lower Egypt; founded the capital of Memphis |
| Thutmose III | Stepson of Hatshepsut; considered the greatest pharoah of the New Kingdom of Egypt; reigned from 1479 to 1426 BC; expanded the empire to include Syria and Nubia |
| Pharoah | The title of the kings of ancient Egypt |
| Regent | Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family |
| Giza | An ancient city capital of Upper Egypt; site of the Great Pyramids |
| Afterlife | The next life, in which the dead are believed to live again |
| Mummy | A dead body preserved in lifelike condition |
| Pyramid | A huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles; in Egypt, pyramids were built as royal tombs |
| Hierogliphs | A kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and other stands for sounds |
| Papyrus | An early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta |
| Astronomer | A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky |
| Taharka | Prince of Nubia; became king of Nubia and Egypt in 690 BC |
| Kerma | A market town in present-day Sudan; an ancient Nubian city |
| Napata | One of the three most powerful Nubian kingdoms; located between the third and fourth cataracts of the Nile River in Upper Nubia |
| Meroe | A city of Ancient Nubia in present-day Sudan |
| Artisan | A worker who is especially skilled in making something, such as baskets, leather goods, tools, jewerly, pottery, or clothes |
| Silt | Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river |
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