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ancient egypt
vocab and facts
| vocab facts | defionitons and answers |
|---|---|
| cataract | strong rapids |
| delta | a triangle shaped area of land of rich soil deposited by a river |
| pharaoh | the title used by the rulers of Egypt |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| old kingdom | 2700 BC to 2200 BC |
| nobles | rich or powerful familys |
| mummies | specialy wrapped bodies |
| pyramids | huge stone tombs with triangle shaped walls |
| middle kingdom | order and stability till 1750 BC |
| new kingdom | peck of power |
| hieroglifics | form of writing |
| puparus | paper like meteirial made of reeds |
| rosseta stone | a stone with hieroglifics |
| spinxses | lion like creatures |
| oblisk | tall pointed pillars |
| theocracy | gods laws infused with civilians |
| how many launguages are on the rosseta stone | 3 |
| what sea dose the nile empty into | mediteranian |
| sphhinx are | lion like |
| pharohs are | god like kings |
| egypt is in | africa |
| king tut | dicovered in 1922 |
| the great pyramid | 480 ft 2300000stones |
| mummies 2 | keep body intact |
| king tut2 | king tutankhamen |
| what way dose the nile flow | north |
| traded grain for what | presious items |
| in what contry | africa |
| old kingdom | 2800 BC 1 2 dynasty 2700 BC 3 dynasty |
| middle kingdom | concored Nubia art and literature flourished |
| new kingdom | time of Hatshepsut and Ramse |