| A | B |
|---|
| Menes | the king of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt |
| vizier | chief minister |
| Ptah-hotep | a wise vizier who took and interest in training young officials |
| Hatshepsut | declared herself pharaoh, won the support of key officials and wore a fake beard as a sign of authority |
| Ramses II | a pharaoh who won fame for his military victories |
| Amon-Re | chief god of the sun |
| Osiris | ruled the underworld and was god of the Nile |
| Isis | a goddess married to Osiris, whom she brought back to life |
| Tutankhamen | also known as King Tut, whose body was recovered from a tomb and provided much info about Egyptian civilization |
| Akhenaton | the pharaoh who challenged the powerful priests of Amon-Re |
| Jean Champollion | a French scholar who decoded the Rosetta Stone of early Egypt |
| Ku Baba | a woman , a tavern owner,who became ruler |
