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unit 2 terms Egypt
unit 3 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vizier | a high official in the government |
| barge | a broad, flat bottomed boat |
| cartouche | a carved tablet representing a scroll (a roll of paper) with rolled up ends. |
| harpoon | a barbed spear, used for hunting large fish |
| hieroghlyphics | writing made up of pictographic (picture) symbols |
| khemet | acient egyptian name for thei land (it means "black land") |
| levees | A bank (high pile of dirt) built along a river to prevent flooding |
| mummification | the process of preserving the bo |
| nobles | people belonging to a high class that has special social or political class |
| obelisks | a four sided pillar that ends in a pyramid, used as a monument |
| papyrus | a plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which a person can write |
| peasants | people in a low ranking social class, who worked in the fields |
| pharaoh | the ruler of ancient egypt |
| pyramid | a huge structure that was used as a tomb for the egyptian pharaoh and high officials |
| shaduf | a device for lifting water |
| social pyramid | shows each social class in level of importance |
| sphinx | ancient egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man |
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