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Egypt Terms
Term | Definition |
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cataract | a waterfall or rapids in a river |
theocracy | government ruled by religious leaders |
papyrus | a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile |
beaurocrat | a government official |
hieroglyphics | a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols |
dynasty | a line of rulers from one family |
Distribute | to divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people |
embalming | the process of treatinga body to keep it from decaying |
pyramid | great strone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh |
savannah | a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region |
textile | woven cloth |
pharaoh | the king or ruler of Ancient Egypt |