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ancient egypt
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nile River | longest river in the world flows from est africa to egypt |
| economy | way people use and manage resources |
| nile river valley | area of land surrounding nile river |
| akhenaten | egyptian ruler who changed his name from amenhotep IV and called for the worship and one god aton |
| menetho | egyptian priest and advisor who began keeping records of the ancient egyptian kings |
| menes | legendary ancient egyptian king who is credited with uniting lower and upper egypt |
| thutmose | new kingdom pharoah who conquered Nubia and brought ancient egypt to the height of its power |
| khufu | egyptian pharoah for whom the great pyramid at Giza was built |
| delta | triangular shaped area at the mouth of some rivers |
| cataract | a waterful |
| pyramid | large stone building to serve as a house for the dead |
| lower egypt | regin of egypt that surrounds the nile delta |
| hieroglyphics | form of writing based on pictures |
| mummy | preserves dead body |
| unify | to unite combine or bring together |
| silt | a mixture of soil and small rocks |
| amanirenas | queen of kush who led military expeditions and built monuments |
| paprus | plant whose stems to make a kind of paper |
| hatshepsut | queen of ancient egypt who proclaimed herself pharoh and ruled during new kingdom |
| piankhi | conqured the rest of egypt |
| rosetta stone | solved the mystery on stone written in greek egyptian hieroglphics and a form of egyptian cursive writing |
| memphis | city on the nile in egypt |
| kashta | king of kush conqured upper egypt |
| pharoh | in ancient egypt a god king |
| egypt | ancient kingdom and present day country in northeastern africa |
| upper egypt | region south of nile delta |