World's longest river; more than 4,000 miles long. Ancient Egyptians depended on this river for water and food in the desert/farming in the valley. Turned Nile Valley into a productive agricultural region.

A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river.

The flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river.

The Nile Delta region in northern Egypt; lower or downstream part of the Nile.

The Nile cuts through stone cliffs and desert sands in southern Egypt.

The watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.

3100 B.C. King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt.

The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one.

Capital of Egypt's Old Kingdom, located on the Nile near present-day Cairo; 29 degrees North, 31 degrees East

The way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.

The ancient Eqyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds.

A professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents.

A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile, that the ancient Egyptians used for writing.

2650-2600 B.C.? Egyptian pharoah who built the Great Pyramid.

An ancient city in Upper Egypt that became the capital of the New Kingdom; 26 degrees North, 33 degrees East

An ancient kingdom south of Egypt.

1546 B.C. New Kingom pharoah who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and reunited Egypt.

A group of lands and people ruled by one government.

An ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa, conquered by Egypt. It later regained independence and flourished through trade (between circa 500 B.C. and A.D. 150).

1520? -1482 B.C. One of the few women Egyptian pharoahs; organized a trade expedition to Egypt's southern neighbor; Punt.

A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason.

An ancient Egyptian name for an area of Africa south of Egypt.

West of Thebes in ancient Egypt, the burial place of 30 New Kingdom pharoahs; 26 degrees North, 33 degrees.

1371? - 1352 B.C. Egyptian pharoah who ruled from about the ages of 7 to 17; his tomb remained nearly untouched until its discovery in 1922.

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Ancient Egypt

Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Word	Definition
Nile River	World's longest river; more than 4,000 miles long. Ancient Egyptians depended on this river for water and food in the desert/farming in the valley. Turned Nile Valley into a productive agricultural region.
silt	A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river.
delta	The flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river.
Lower Egypt	The Nile Delta region in northern Egypt; lower or downstream part of the Nile.
Upper Egypt	The Nile cuts through stone cliffs and desert sands in southern Egypt.
irrigation	The watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
Menes	3100 B.C. King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
unification	The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one.
Memphis	Capital of Egypt's Old Kingdom, located on the Nile near present-day Cairo; 29 degrees North, 31 degrees East
economy	The way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.
hieroglyphics	The ancient Eqyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds.
scribes	A professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents.
papyrus	A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile, that the ancient Egyptians used for writing.
Khufu	2650-2600 B.C.? Egyptian pharoah who built the Great Pyramid.
Thebes	An ancient city in Upper Egypt that became the capital of the New Kingdom; 26 degrees North, 33 degrees East
Nubia	An ancient kingdom south of Egypt.
Ahmose	1546 B.C. New Kingom pharoah who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and reunited Egypt.
empire	A group of lands and people ruled by one government.
Kush	An ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa, conquered by Egypt. It later regained independence and flourished through trade (between circa 500 B.C. and A.D. 150).
Hatshepsut	1520? -1482 B.C. One of the few women Egyptian pharoahs; organized a trade expedition to Egypt's southern neighbor; Punt.
expedition	A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason.
Punt	An ancient Egyptian name for an area of Africa south of Egypt.
Valley of the Kings	West of Thebes in ancient Egypt, the burial place of 30 New Kingdom pharoahs; 26 degrees North, 33 degrees.
Tutankhamun	1371? - 1352 B.C. Egyptian pharoah who ruled from about the ages of 7 to 17; his tomb remained nearly untouched until its discovery in 1922.

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