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WHI_Lesson 3 (2018)
Nile Civilization
Term | Definition |
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Delta | Triangular shaped mouth of a river that deposits sediment into the ocean. |
Theocracy | Government based upon the rule of religious leaders. |
Menes | he was the ruler who united Upper and Lower Egypt |
Pharaoh | The title give to the rulers of Egypt who were through to be a god. |
Rosetta Stone | this has 3 languages inscribed on it and is the reason many Egyptian writings could be translated. |
Mummification | The process of making mummies |
Egyptian Civilization | River Valley Civilization in Africa between the Nile River Valley to the Nile Delta |
Dynasties | rulers who gained the power to run a government by hereditary (birth order) |
Polytheism | the belief in more that one God; practiced by most early civilizations |
Hieroglyphics | the Egyptian style of ancient writing |