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Term | Definition |
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delta | a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt |
cataracts | rocky stretches in a river marked by a rapid currents or waterfalls |
Menes | First Pharaoh of Egypt; he is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt and is said to have found the city of Memphis, the capital of unified Egypt |
pharaoh | ruler of ancient Egypt |
theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders who claimed GodÅ› authority |
bureaucracy | a highly structured organization often governmental managed by officials |
Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt she took the throne in the place of her stepson Thutmose III and during her reign focused on temple-building projects and trade |
obelisks | tall thin pillars with pyramid shaped tops |
mummification | the process pf preserving the body with chemicals after death |
hieroglyphics | a form of Egyptian writing in which picture symbols represent sounds |
papyrus | a paper-like material made by Egyptians from the stem of a reedy papyrus plant which grows in the Nile River delta |
Rosetta Stone | a granite stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics demotic characters and Greek;gave the first clue to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics |
Piankhi | King of Egypt Kush ;he led the Kushites north into Egypt, Conquering all of Egypt and making himself pharoh |
Smelt | to melt or fuse metal in order to separate the metallic components |
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 |