| A | B |
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| Oasis | Place in the desert where there is water |
| Silt | Fertile Soil left behind by floodwaters |
| Hieroglyphics | Form of writing developed by the Egyptians |
| Papyrus | Writing material produced by the Egyptians |
| Kingdom | Form of government headed by a King or Queen |
| Monarchy | Synonym for Kingdom |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler |
| Dynasty | Family of rulers where right to rule passes from one generation to another |
| Empire | Form of government in which a person has control over many other people |
| Polytheism | Belief in many gods |
| Monotheism | Belief in one god |
| Hereditary | Passed from one generation to the next |
| Hieratics | System of writing by the common person in Egypt |
| Regent | Ruled for someone who was too young |
| Shadoof | Machine to lift water into ditches to irrigate land |
| Theban Kings | Ruled during the Middle Kingdom |
| Ahmose | Drove the Hyksos out of Egypt |
| Amenhotep IV | Also known as Akhenaton |
| Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt who had real power to rule |
| Djoser | The Step Pyramid was built for him |
| Menes | Also known as Narmer-united Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Nefertiti | Pushed for women's rights and worship of one God, wife of Akhenaton |
| Ramses II | Last of the Great Pharoahs |
| Ramses III | Led Egypt into a war that led to its decline |
| Khufu | The Great Pyramid was built for him |
| Hyksos | Group of outside people who conquered Egypt and ruled for a hundred years |
| Tutankhamen | Boy King |
| Howard Carter | Discovered the entrance to the Pyramid of King Tutankhamen |
| Rosetta Stone | Written record that contained hieroglyphics and other languages |
| Lower Egypt | The part of Egypt that is in the North |
| Upper Egypt | The part of Egypt that is in the South |
| Cataract | Place where there is rapids or a waterfall |
| Thutmose II | King of Egypt whose wife was Hatshepsut |
| Thutmose III | King of Egypt whose mother ruled Egypt |
| Jean Francois Champollion | Translated the Rosetta Stone |
