| A | B |
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| Nubia | An empire just south of Egypt. Known for their gold mines. |
| 1 way Egypt gained contact with rest of world. | Conquering other lands & trade. |
| Hyksos | Ruled lower Egypt for 100 years starting during the Middle Kingdom. |
| Main way Egyptians defeated Hyksos. | Egyptians copied weapons like chariots from Hyksos. |
| Ahmose (Look at Pharaoh sheet.) | Pharaoh who took back Upper Egypt in about 1550 BC. |
| Giza | Name of plateau Great Pyramid built on and city of workers that worked on it. |
| Egyptian no longer had to rely on agriculture because...? | They were getting resources from other lands by trade or conquering them. |
| Hatshepsut | Woman ruler of Egypt who took control when her step-son was suppose to rule. |
| expedition | A planned trip to a certain place for a particular reason, like to trade. |
| The empire Hatshepsut took her great expedition to. | Punt. |
| Horus | God who is the son of Osiris and is who the Egyptians believed the living Pharaoh was. |
| Anubis | God who supervised the mummifying process. |
| Ra | The sun god and king of the gods. |
| Osiris | God of agriculture and Egytians believed the Pharaoh turned into him when the pharaoh died. |
| Narmer | Another name for Menes, the pharaoh who unified Egypt. |
| ka | Like the soul of the Egyptians. |
| mastaba | A mud-brick pyramid used for the tomb of the rich people, but not royalty. |
| brain | The internal organ that was thrown away. |
| Egypt | The gift of the Nile River. |
| limestone | The type of stone used to put on the outside of the pyramids (and what sphinx was made out of) because it was softer. |
| quarried | Means to cut stone from the earth. |
| ramps and sledges | Ways the Egyptians got the stones up on top of the pyramids. |
| nemes | Pharaoh's headdress. |
| seventy | How many days it took to mummify, or embalm, Khufu's body. |
| Khufu | The pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid built. |
| doctors of ancient Egypt | priests |
| scribes | Wrote medical books to help record cures by the priests of the time. |
| Egyptologists | scientists who study ancient Egyptian artifacts |
| Geologists | scientists who study rocks of the Earth |
| irrigation | Farming technique that allowed Egyptians to prosper in a desert. |
| myrrh trees | Most important import from expedition to Punt, and used to make incense. |
| Memphis | Old Kingdom capital city in lower Egypt. |
| Thebes | New Kingdom capital city in upper Egypt. |
| Land elevation | Reason for difference in Lower & Upper Egypt. |
| Cataract & Desert | Reason why early Egyptians didn't travel far from Egypt and others didn't invade. |
| canonic jars | What internal organs were stored in. |
| obsidian (volcanic glass) | What Egyptian priests used to cut open bodies. |
| mastaba | Early tombs that came before Pyramids. |
| Hittite empire | Empire that Ramsses II signed a truce with. |
| Falcon raiser & linen weaver. | Two jobs in falcon mummifying industry. |
| Old Kingdom | Time period Pyramids were built in. |
| New Kingdom | Time period when Pharaohs were buried in Valley of the Kings. |
| Nile Delta | Where most of fertile silt was left by Nile. |
| 4000 | About the length in miles of the Nile River. |
| 3000 | About how many years did Egyptian empire last in years. |
| Khufu | Pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid built. |
| Snefru | Khufu's father who had Bent Pyramid built. |
| Khafre | Khufu's son who the Great Sphinx's head was made to resemble, according to Egyptologists. |
| papyrus scrolls | What book of the dead was made of. |
| Book of the dead | New kingdom texts |
| coffin texts | Spells for dead during Middle Kingdom |
| pyramid texts | Spells for dead during Old Kingdom. |
