| A | B |
|---|
| Embalming | removing organs and getting it ready for burial |
| Delta | area of fertile soil |
| Deity | gods or godesses |
| Tribute | conquered people had to give money to those who conquered them |
| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian system of writing |
| Dynasty | as line of rulersd from one family |
| Cataract | cliffs and boulders created dangerous rapids |
| Pyramid | burial site for a king |
| Mummy | a dead body wrapped in linen strips |
| Pharaoh | king, many believed to be a god |
| Nile | 4,000 miles long and a gift to Egypt |
| Sahara | the largest desert in the world |
| Papyrus | a reed plant that grew along the Nile |
| Hatshepsut | a female pharaoh |
| Cleopatra | last ruling Pharaoh of Egypt |
| Farmers | largest social class in Egypt |
| Artisans | produced linen cloth, jewelry, pottery, and metal goods |
| Animals | represent most of Egypt's gods and godesses |
| Polythesistic | belief in many gods |
| Monothesistic | belief in one God |
| Howard Carter | Archeologist that discovered King Tut's Tomb |
| Amenhotep IV | Briefly converted the Egyptians to Polytheism |
| Red Dirt | Desert |
| Black Dert | River silt |
| Memphis | Capital of the Old Kingdom |
| Menes | Pharoah that united the upper and lower Kingdom |
| Mummies | Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth |
| Pyramids | Tombs of the Pharoahs built by slaves in Egypt. |
| Rameses the Great | Pharoah know for his great militay power |
| Quen Hatsheput | increased trade and built monuments during her reign |
| Hieroglyphics | The writings of the Egyptians |
| Papyrus | reed used to make paper |
| Rosetta stone | The key to Hieroglyphic Writing |
| Sphnix | Egyptian statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion |
| Obelisk | Tall four sided pillar pointed on top |
| Tutankhamen | Boy Pharoah whose tomb was found in top |
| Upper Egypt | included the Cataracts |
| Lower Egypt | included the Delta |
