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Ancient Egypt
Term | Definition |
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Natural Barrier | – a naturally formed obstacle that prevents movement of people or goods. |
Silt | a dark soil formed in river bottoms that left land ideal for farming after flooding |
Nile Delta | is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean S |
Nubia | a region along the Nile river |
Catract | a large waterfall, any strong flood or rush of water |
Double Crown | represented to unite upper and lower Egypt |
Pharaoh | considered gods/ kings on earth |
Dynasty | is a sequence of rulers considered as members of the same family |
Absolute Power | complete control over someone/something |
Afterlife | – life after death |
Mummy | a deceased human or animal who is wrapped in cloth after he/she dies |
Pyramid | a big triangular prism made by the Egyptians |
Quarry | a place,deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted |
Great sphinx | is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt |
Giza | is the third largest city in Egypt |
Upper Class | above middle class |
Slaves | a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them |
Hieroglyphics | hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians |
Hieratic Writing | – is a cursive writing system, used in the provenance of the pharaohs in Egypt and Nubia |
Demotic writing | a faster writing of hieroglyphics |
Rosetta Stone | allowed archaeologists(J.F. Champollion) to decipher and understand hieroglyphics |
Jean Francois Champollion | – discovered that some hieroglyphics stood for a single sound |
Cartouche | – is an oval like shape that surrounds the hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian god or royal person |
Middle Class | below upper class |
Peasants | a member of a traditional class of farm |