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Egypt Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| a waterfall or rapids in a river | cataract |
| a writing system made up a combination of pictures and sound symbols | hieroglyphics |
| a line of rulers from one family | dynasty |
| government by religious leaders | theocracy |
| ruler of ancient Egypt | pharaoh |
| the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying | embalming |
| great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh | pyramid |
| fine particles of fertile soil | silt |
| a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams | irrigation |
| a city that governs their self | city-state |
| a belief in more than one god | polytheism |
| a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top | ziggurat |
| a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedged-shaped marks made of soft cay | cuneiform |
| a person who copies or writes documents | scribe |
| a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero | epic |
| a large territory or group pf many territories governed by one ruler | empire |