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chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| delta | a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt |
| catarats | rocky stretches in a river marked by rapid currents or water falls |
| pharoah | a ruler of ancient egypt |
| theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders who claim god's authority |
| bureaucracy | a highly structured organization often governmental , managed by officials |
| hatshepsut | queen of ancient egypt ; she took the throne in place of her stepson, thutmose III and during her reign , focused on temple building projects and trades |
| ramses the great | Pharoah of egypt ; he led an army against hittite invaders of egypt . he ruled egypt with extravagance and built more temples ruled by egypt and mountains than any other egyptian pharoah |
| obelisks | tall thin pillars with pyramid shaped tops |
| mummification | the process of preserving the body with chemicals after death |
| hieroglyphics | a form of ancient writing in which picture symbols represent sounds |
| papyrus | a paper like material made by ancient egypttians from the stem of the reedy papyrus plant , which grows in the nile river delta |
| rosetta stone | a granite stone found in 1799 that bears an inscriptioon in hieroglyphics , demotic characters ,and greek |
| piankhi | king of ancient kush ; he led the kushites north into egypt and conquered it |
| smelt | to melt or fuse metal in order to seperate the metalic components |
| menes | first pharoah 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 |
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