| A | B |
|---|
| pharaoh | strong central ruler of Egypt, king |
| pyramid | great pointed burial tombs for pharaohs |
| Olk Kingdom | 2686 BCE to 2181BCE |
| Middle Kingdom | 2100 BCE to 1700 BCE |
| New Kingdom | 1550 BCE to 1100 BCE |
| Narmer | pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Amun-Re | chief God of all Egypt |
| Osiris | God of Harvest and Eternal Life |
| mummy | wrapped body |
| embalming | a system to preserve the bodies of the dead |
| Hapi | God of the Nile and the floods |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing using pictures to represent words and sounds |
| papyrus | paperlike material made from a reed |
| irrigate | to water crops by means of ditches, pipes and streams |
| delta | shallow triangular deposit at the mouth of a river |
| shaduf | a weighted see-saw like device that helped with irrigation |
| barter | to trade goods without the use of money |
| afterlife | a life believed in many religions to continue after death |
| amulet | a piece of jewelry worn around the neck as a charm against injury or evil |
| conquer | to take over by force |
| obelisk | a column with four sides that usually comes to a point at the top and are sometimes engraved or carved |
| Akhet | flood season (July to October) |
| Peret | planting season (November to February) |
| Shemu | Harvesting season (March to June) |
| myrrh | a strong smelling plant imported from Punt |
| Thoth | God oh Knowledge |
| Isis | God of Magical Powers and Healing |
| Annubis | God of embalming |
| Horus | God of eternal life and the harvest |
| Seth | God of the desert and chaos |
| embalming | the process to preserve a dead body |
| west bank of Nile | location where all pharaohs are buried |
| sarcophagus | a coffin for the preserved body |
