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| Nile River Valley | 5 miles on either side of the Nile River irrigated by the river |
| Lower Egypt | the northern most section of Egypt by the Nile delta area |
| hieroglyphics | a system of writing mainly using pictures |
| delta | triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river. |
| Manetho | Egyptian historian who wrote about the ancient pharaohs. |
| pyramid | a large stone building that served as a house for the dead |
| economy | how people earn and spend their money |
| Hatshepsut | one of the most successful female pharaohs; she ruled a long time |
| Menes | Egyptian king who founded the first dynasty in ancient Egypt |
| pharaoh | the name given to the rulers of ancient Egypt |
| Akhenaten | also known as Amenhotep, he was the brother of Thutmose III |
| silt | a deposit of sediment by a river's mouth |
| papyrus | the soft central part of papyrus stems made into strips and pressed into a writing material |
| independent | not being controlled or ruled by another person or country |
| mummy | a body prepared for burial in the manner of the ancient Egyptians |
| Code of Hammurabi | a system of written laws |
| Kashta | ruler of upper Egypt |
| Upper Egypt | a narrow strip of land from the cataract boundaries of Aswan to the south of modern Cairo |
| Nubia | a region in the Nile Valley rich in gold where the Egyptians controlled the trade |
| Piankhi | founder of the 25th dynasty |
| Amanirenas | queen of Kush who led the Kushites against the Romans in a 5 year war |
| Thutmose III | the 6th pharaoh of ancient Egypt |
| Khufu | ancient Egyptian pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid of Giza built |
| Giza | the site of the Great Pyramid built on the orders of Khufu |
| Egypt | a country in North Africa |
| Kush | on of the earliest civilizations to develop in the Nile River Valley |
| unify | to unite or bring together |
| Deir el-Medina | an ancient Egyptian village where the artisans who built temples and tombs order by the pharaohs lived |
| Meroe | an ancient city on the Nile sometimes called Nubia |
| Memphis | the ancient capital of Lower Egypt |
| Nile Delta | the fertile region at the mouth of the Nile River |
| Napata | a city on the west bank of the Nile built by the Nubians |
