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Chapter 3
Key terms and people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt. | Delta |
| Rocky stretches in a river marked by rapid currents or waterfalls. | Cataracts |
| Said to have founded the city of Memphis, the capital of unified Egypt. | Menes |
| One of the few women to rule Egypt. | Hatshepsut |
| Led his army out to confront the Hittites, accounts of the battle vary widely. | Ramses the Great |
| Tall thin pillars with pyramid-shaped tops. | OBelisks |
| THe making of mummies. | Mummification |
| The main Egyptian writing system. | Hieroglyphics |
| A granite stone found in 1799 bears an inscription in hieroglyphicsdemotic characters and Greek. | Rosetta Stone |
| A paper-like material made by ancient Egyptians from the stem of the reedy papyrus plant, which grows in the Nile River delta. | Papyrus |
| The ruler who led the Kushites north into Egypt. | Piankhi |
| To melt or fuse metal in order to separate the metallic components. | Smelt |