ch.3 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| delta | a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt |
| cataracts | rocky stretches in a river marked by a rapid currents or waterfalls |
| Menes | First Pharaoh of Egypt; he is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt and is said to have found the city of Memphis, the capital of unified Egypt |
| pharaoh | ruler of ancient Egypt |
| theocracy | a government ruled by religious leaders who claimed Godś authority |
| bureaucracy | a highly structured organization often governmental managed by officials |
| Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt she took the throne in the place of her stepson Thutmose III and during her reign focused on temple-building projects and trade |
| obelisks | tall thin pillars with pyramid shaped tops |
| mummification | the process pf preserving the body with chemicals after death |
| hieroglyphics | a form of Egyptian writing in which picture symbols represent sounds |
| papyrus | a paper-like material made by Egyptians from the stem of a reedy papyrus plant which grows in the Nile River delta |
| Rosetta Stone | a granite stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics demotic characters and Greek;gave the first clue to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| Piankhi | King of Egypt Kush ;he led the Kushites north into Egypt, Conquering all of Egypt and making himself pharoh |
| Smelt | to melt or fuse metal in order to separate the metallic components |
| Ramses the Great | Pharaoh of Egypt;he led an army against Hittite invaders of Egypt.He ruled Egypt with extravagance and built more temples and monuments than any other Egyptian Pharaoh |
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