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Lesson 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| unification | The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one. |
| pharoh | The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt. |
| economy | The way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services. |
| hieroglypics | The ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds. |
| scribe | A professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents. |
| papyrus | A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plan growing along the Nile, that the ancient Egyptians used for writing. |
| Menes | King of upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt. |
| Khufu | Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid. |
| Memphis | Capital of Egypt's Old Kingdom, located on the Nile near present-day Cairo. |
| Thebes | An ancient city in Upper Egypt that became the capital of the new Kingdom. |