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Egypt
Term | Definition |
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Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt, she took the throne in place of her stepson, Thutmose III, and during her reign, focused on temple-building projects and trade |
Ramses the Great | Pharaoh of Egypt, he led an army against Hittite invaders of Egypt. he ruled Egypt with extravagance and built more temples and monuments than any other Egyptian pharaoh |
Menes | First pharaoh of Egypt, he is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt and is said to have founded the city of Memphis, the capital of unified Egypt |
Piankhi | King of ancient Kush; he led the Kushites north into Egypt, conquering all of Egypt and making himself pharaoh |
Obelisks | tall, thin pillars with pyramid-shaped tops |
Smelt | to melt or fuse metal in order to separate the metallic components |
Bureaucracy | a highly structured organization, often governmental, managed by officials |
Delta | a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt |
Pharaoh | ruler of ancient Egypt |
Theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders who claim God's authority |
Papyrus | a paper-like material made by ancient Egyptians from the stem of the reedy papyrus plant, which grows in the Nile River delta |
Rosetta Stone | stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek; gave the first clue to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics |
Cataracts | rocky stretches in a river marked by rapid currents and waterfalls |
Mummification | the process of preserving the body with chemicals after death |
Hieroglyphics | a form of ancient writing in which picture symbols represent sounds |