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Egypt
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Acquire | to get (something) : to come to own (something) : to come to have (something). : to gain (a new skill, ability, etc.) usually by your own effort. |
Pharaoh | - political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple |
Pyramid | - Egyptian architecture were the dead are buried. |
Hatshepsut | - brought peace and abundance to Egypt during the New Kingdom. The Woman Who Was King 1473–1458 BC during Middle Kingdom |
Merchant | - a business person who trades in commodities produced by other people in order to earn a profit. |
Papyrus | - paper made from reeds growing by the Nile River |
Hieroglyphics | - Egyptian written language |
Agriculture | - farming and animal rearing, to produce food to feed a civilization |
Book of the Dead - a guide to help people reach the afterlife | |
Trade - the act of exchanging one thing for another | |
Nile River - a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa | |
Imhotep - was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history. | |
Dynasty - a line of hereditary rulers of a country. | |
Lower Egypt - Land north of the Nile | |
Upper Egypt- Land south of the Nile | |
Old Kingdom - 505 years | |
Middle Kingdom - 405 years | |
New Kingdom - 481 years |