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Ancient Egypt by A.S
Ancient Egypt studying flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Specialization | The study of government, religion, civilization, and education. |
| Surplus | Extra supplies |
| Trade | Exchanging goodse |
| Nomad/nomadic | People who are not settling, moving and living from place to place. |
| Artifacts | Something that is man-made from ancient times. |
| Archaeologist | Someone who carefully excavates ancient stuff. |
| Archaeology | The study of excavating ancient artifacts. |
| Domestication | Training animals to be useful to humanity. |
| Civilization | training for a specific job |
| Desert | A dry piece of land that has lots of sand and not lots of water. |
| Pharaoh | An Egyptian king from thousands of years ago. |
| Canopic jars | The jars that the Egyptians stored the useful organs from the dead body. |
| Ma'at (the concept, not goddess) | The way of living in harmony, respect and balance. |
| Menes (king) | The first king ever of Upper Egypt that conquered lower Egypt to unite the two kingdom's. |
| Sea | A large body of salt water. |
| Natural buffer | A natural helpful useful thing to humans that protects them. |