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Egypt voc
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 |
agriculture | farming and animal rearing, to produce food to feed a civilization |
hieroglyphs | Egyptian written language |
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 |
mummification | All internal organs were removed- except the heart; considered integral to one's afterlife. The mummified body provided a place for a person's ba, or spirit, to return to the body after death. |
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 on the Nile |
old kingdom | 505 years |
middle kingdom | 405 years |
new kingdom | 481 years |