| A | B |
|---|
| cataract | waterfall |
| delta | a triangular area of marshland |
| dynasty | ruling family |
| pharaoh | Egyptian Kings (old kingdom) |
| bureaucracy | a system of gov't that includes different job functions & levels of authority |
| vizier | chief minister - supervised the business of gov't |
| Hatshepsut | 1st female rule of the New Kingdom |
| Thutmose III | Hatshepsuit's step-son pharoah of Egypt that stretched its borders |
| Ramses II | Pharaoh of the New Kingdom that ruled for 66 years pushed Egypt north as far as Syria |
| Amon-Re | Great Lord of the gods -chief son god |
| Osiris | a god that rule Egypt until his brother Set killed him |
| Isis | wife of Osiris brought Osiris back to life |
| Akhenaton | Pharaoh that ordered priests to remove other gods from their temples other than Aton |
| mummification | preservation of dead bodies |
| hieroglyphics | system of symbols that represented objects, sounds & concepts |
| papyrus | plant that grows along the banks of the Nile - used to make paper |
| decipher | to figure out |
| Rosetta Stone | flat black stone presented the same passage as carved in hieroglyphics |
