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chapter 3
vocab for chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposition of silt | delta |
| rocky stretches in a river marked by rapid currents or waterfalls | cataracts |
| a ruler who conquered the north, also said to found memphis the capital of unified egypt | menes |
| ruler of ancient egypt | pharaoh |
| a goverment ruled by religous leaders claim gods authority | theocracy |
| a highly structured organization often managed by officals | bureaucracy |
| women pharaoh who encourage trade, the only women who proclaimed herself to be pharaoh | hatshepsut |
| ruled egypt for more than 60 years, signed a truce with the hittie people, and married a hittie princess. | ramses the great |
| tall thin pillars with pyramid-shaped tops | obelisks |
| the process of preserving the body with chemicals ofter death | mummification |
| a form of ancient writings in which picture symbols represents sounds | hieroglyphics |
| a paper like material made by ancient egytians from the stems of the reedy papyrus plant which grows in the nile river delta | papyrus |
| a granite stone fond in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics demotic characters and greek gave the first clue to deciphering egyptian hieroglyphics | rosetta stone |
| ruler who led the kushites north into egypt. | piankhi |
| to melt or fuse in order to seperate the metallic components. | smelt |
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