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Egypt Vocab

World History

TermDefinition
babylonians an early mesopotamian civilization that created the first written law code
egyptians early civilization along the Nile River
King Tut egyptian boy king
Papyrus paper reed plants that grew along the Nile which Egyptians turned into paper
Pharoahs egyptian kings
Pictographic a writing system that uses pictures
pyramids royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a pointed roof on top
Queen Hatshepsut egyptian female pharaoh
sphinx a structure built to honor Egyptian royalty that often had the head of a human and the body of a lion
hieroglyphs egyptian writing system which uses pictures
mummification the egyptian preservation process
caravan a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert
trade network a system of people in different lands who trade goods
merchants traders who carried goods from port to port
exports items sent out to other regions
imports goods brought in from other regions
nile the river Kush developed on
steeds Pianki was buried with eight of his best what?
dynasty series of rulers from the same family
delta Branches of the Nile fanned out to form a _________, a triangle-shaped area of soil deposited by a river
Menes first pharaoh of unified Egypt
cataracts steep rapids along a river
Khufu pharaoh best known for monuments built to him
nobles people from rich and powerful families
engineering the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
obelisk a tall four-sided pillar that is pointed on top
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