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Ancient Egypt
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | How a civilization keeps order |
| Religion | Belief in god or gods |
| Art (and Architecture) | How a civilization expresses values and creativity |
| Technology | Tools, skilled, inventions, and, intonations |
| System of writing | Means of keeping records that can be read |
| Stable food supply | Enough food for everyone |
| Social structures | How people are organized into groups |
| civilization | culture with the 7 characteristics |
| Ancient Egypt | Ancient civilization along the Nile river |
| Nile River Valley | Valley in ancient Egypt |
| River Valley Civilization | Civilization in a valley with a river |
| Prehistory | history before writing |
| Theocracy | Form of government with religious leaders |
| Trade/commence | Buying and selling goods |
| archaeology | study of artifacts |
| century | 100 years |
| Hieroglyphics | Ancient Egypt pictographs |
| Pharaoh | Leader that was worshiped as a god |
| Dynasty | Family of rulers |
| Tomb | Chamber used to bury the dead |
| Scribe | A person whose job is to write |
| Artisan | crafts-person- skilled at making things |
| Priest | Person who had authority to do religious ritual |
| Alliance | Teamed - up of kingdom, countries, etc |
| pyramid | Giant stone structure used to bury pharaohs in the old kingdom |
| Afterlife | Belief in life after death |
| Embalm | Process used to preserve a dead body |
| Silt (alluvium) | Fertile soil deposited after a river floods |
| Vizier | Advisor and second most important government official, after the pharaoh |
| Sarcophagus | ornate stone coffin |
| Census | counting the population |
| Famine | Not having enough food |