| A | B |
|---|
| Nile River | longest river |
| Nile River | flows North |
| Nile River | over 4000 miles long |
| cataract | swift moving rapids |
| Upper Egypt | located from the first cataract to where the Nile branches off |
| Lower Egypt | area of Egypt that contains the delta |
| delta | broad marshy triangular area |
| nomes | agricultural districts |
| Menes | united Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Memphis | 1st capital of Ancient Egypt |
| dynasty | rulers from a single family over a long period of time |
| Old Kingdom | period in Ancient Egypt when a pattern of culture was created |
| pharaoh | ruler of Egypt |
| pharaoh | king |
| pharaoh | viewed as a god |
| ka | eternal spririt |
| mummification | the process of preserving a body after death |
| pyramid | the building where mummies were buried |
| pyramid | a triangular stone building |
| First Illness | began with a change in climate - drought - Civil War broke out |
| First Illness | marks the end of the Old Kingdom |
| Middle Kingdom | period of time when the pharaohs cared more for the welfare of the people |
| Middle Kingdom | time period when the common person had an afterlife |
| Old Kingdom | time period when only the pharaoh received an afterlife |
| Middle Kingdom | time period when trade and transportation was made easier - canal dug, irrigation techniques, drained the swamplands |
| Thebes | captial during the Middle Kingdom |
| Second Illness | during this time period Civil war broke out and the Hyksos invadedand left |
| Hyksos | invaded Ancient Egypt during the Second Illness |
| Queen Ahhotep | drove out the invading Hyksos |
| New Kingdom | time period when Ancient Egypt was very wealthy and powerful - buildings were larger and decorated fancier |
| New Kingdom | during this time period a professional army was created |
| Queen Hatshepsut | encouraged trade instead of waging war |
| Thutmose III | warlike ruler that really began to build the empire in Northern and Southern Egypt |
| Ramses II (the Great) | greatest builder |
| Ramses II (the Great) | some historians believe he is the greatest ruler ever |
| Ramses II (the Great) | he is believed to be the pharaoh during the Exodus |
| maat | virtues of a good life - truth, order, justice |
| Osiris | god of the underworld |
| Osiris | his job as god was weighing the heart |
| Devourer of Souls | these beasts would eat the soul if the heart was heavier than a feather |
| Akhenaton | the rebel pharaoh |
| Akhenaton | monotheistic pharaoh |
| Akhenaton | he changed the way Ancient Egyptians showed art - more realistic |
| Aton | god of Akhenaton |
| Tutankhamon | young pharaoh |
| Tutankhamon | Howard Carter found this pharaoh's tomb |
| Tutankhamon | this pharaoh was possibly murdered |
| hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian symbols for writing |
| hieroglyphics | symbols found on the Rosetta Stone |
| Rosetta Stone | found by Champollion and broke the code of hieroglyphics |
| papyrus | reed like plant used to make paper |
| papyrus | material used to make boats and sandals |
