| A | B |
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| Old Kingdom | dates from 2700 to 2200 B.C., know as the Age of Pyramids, the earliest period of Egyptian history |
| Middle Kingdom | the second period of Egyptian history from 2050 to 1850 B.C., rise of the middle class |
| New Kingdom | 1570 to 1090 B. C., the third period of Egyptian history, Egypt grew richer through trade and conquest |
| Age of the Pyramids | the earliest period of Egyptian history during which the Pyramids were built |
| architects | a person who designs and plans buildings |
| peasants | poor people who live on and farm land |
| Great Sphinx | the huge ancient statue in Giza, Egypt, that has the body of a lion and the head of a man |
| obelisk | a square stone shaft that tapers to a top shaped like a pyramid |
| Imhotep | an adviser to the pharoah who designed the first pyramid |
| Hatshepsut | a powerful women pharoah who increased trade and promoted peace |
| Nefertiti | wife of Amenhotep who urged the Egyptian people to worship only one god, the god Aton |
| Akhenaton | Amenhotep's name that meant servant of Aton, told the Egyptian people to worship one god, the god Aton |
| Tutankhamen | known as King Tut, was only 9 years old when he became pharoah, he was picked by the priests of the old religion |
| Howard Carter | a British scientist who discovered the burial place of Tutankhamen |
| Ramses II | a strong pharoah who made peace with the HIttites, ruled Egypt for 67 years, restored Egypt's prosperity |
| Giza | about 80 pyramids were built in the valley of Giza |
| Thebes | was the capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom |
