Ancient Egypt Vocab
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Theocracy | A type of government in which rule is based on religious authority
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Rosetta Stone | The key to understanding hieroglyphics
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Hieroglyphics | Form of ancient writing that used pictures and symbols
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Dynasty | Family of rulers whose right to rule is hereditary
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Polytheism | Belief in many gods
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Monotheism | Belief in one god
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Mummification | Process of preserving the body after death with chemicals
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Empire | Form of government that unites different territories and people under one ruler
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Papyrus | Paper made from the stem of a plant
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Pharaoh | Title for an Egyptian ruler; means “Great House”
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Scribes | Clerks who read and wrote hieroglyphics
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Caravans | Groups of people traveling together for safety over long distances
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Hyksos | Group of advanced people who took control of Egypt with their scimitars and chariots
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Menes | First Egyptian pharaoh; united Upper and Lower Egypt (Old Kingdom)
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King Tutankhamen | Young boy pharaoh whose tomb was found untouched in the "Valley of the Kings". Restored Egypt to polytheism. (New Kingdom)
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Amenhotep IV | Attempted to make Egypt monotheistic by banning all the Egyptian gods accept the sun god (New Kingdom)
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Cleopatra | Woman pharaoh who tried to reunite Egypt but failed and the Roman Empire took over (New Kingdom)
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Mentuhotep | Pharaoh who creates two national work projects to create farm land and new transportation routes (Middle Kingdom)
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Thutmose III | Step-son of the first female pharaoh who ruled in the New Kingdom (New Kingdom)
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Hatshepsut | First female pharaoh (New Kingdom)
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Ramses II | Called “The Great”. He built many temples and monuments
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