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Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cuneiform | the world’s first system of writing; developed in Sumer. |
| scribe | a writer who recorded for the pharaoh or copied manuscripts by hand. (before invention of printing) |
| Cataracts | Rapids along a river (rock- filled) such as those found along the Nile River in Egypt. |
| Delta | the place at the mouth of the river where it splits into several streams to form an area shaped like a triangle |
| Marsh | a tract of wetland, often treeless and characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges and cattails. |
| Hieroglyphics | a kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds. |
| Rosetta Stone | a stone slab, found in 1799, inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek and Egyptian which unlocked the key to deciphering hieroglyphics. |
| Papyrus | a long thin reed used by the Egyptians to make writing material. |
| Pyramid | a huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles. In Egypt, pyramids were built as royal tombs. |
| Mummification | process of preserving a dead body in lifelike conditions. |
| After-life | life after death, much of Egyptian religion focused on the afterlife. |
| Pharaoh | the title of the kings of ancient Egypt, they were at the top of the social class |
| Kush | first great kingdom in Africa’s interior; Kush ruled Egypt and at other times was ruled by Egypt. |
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