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World History
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Silt | rich soil |
| Cataract | high waterfall |
| Delta | triangle shaped area |
| Dynastry | ruling family |
| Pharoah | ruler |
| Vizier | chief minister |
| Mummification | preservation of a dead body |
| Heiroglyphics | egyptian picture writing |
| Ideogram | pictures that symbolize idea or action |
| Demotic | egyptian language of the people |
| Papyrus | reed along Nile used as paper |
| Decipher | decode |
| Hierarchy | social classes upper, middle, lower |
| Ziggurat | trapezoidal temple |
| Cuneiform | wedged shaped writing on clay tablets |