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World History
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 |