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| Pharaoh | ruler of ancient Egypt |
| delta | flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the mouth of a river |
| Egypt | country in northeastern Africa |
| Nile River | world's longest river (4,000 miles) empties into the Mediteranean Sea |
| Lower Eqypt | northern part of ancient Egypt |
| Upper Egypt | Southern part of ancient Egypt |
| Menes | King of Upper Egypt (he united Upper and Lower Egypt) |
| Khufu | Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid |
| Jean Champollian | translator of the Rosetta Stone |
| unification | joining of separate kingdoms |
| Old Kingdom | Egypt from 2700 - 2200 |
| economy | the way a country manages money and resources for production of goods and services |
| mummification | a way to preserve a dead body through embalming and drying |
| pyramid | a massive stone structure with a square base and 4 triangular sides that slope upwards |
| hieroglyphics | ancient system of writing that uses symbols to stand for objects, ideas and sounds |
| papyrus | paper-making plant used for writing |
