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| delta | land made by deposits of silt, sand, and small stones at the mouth of a river. |
| economy | a country's use of its workers and resources to produce goods. |
| irrigation | the watering of dry land by means of streams, canals, or pipes. |
| Menes | the king of upper Egypt who united upper and lower Egypt. |
| Memphis | capital city of Egypt under Menes' rule |
| pharaoh | supreme ruler of Egypt |
| pyramid | a huge stone structure built by the ancient Egyptians as a royal tomb. |
| Khufu | Egyptian pharaoh who ordered the Great Pyramid built. |
| empire | a group of lands and people under one government. |
| Thebes | the capital of the Egyptian Empire. |
| Hatshepsut | the first woman ruler known in history. |
| Valley of the Kings | burial site of many kings and pharaohs. |
| Howard Carter | archeologist who discovered the tomb of king Tutankhamen in 1922. |
| Tutankhamen | Egyptian king who ruled from 1371 B.C. until his death at age 19 in 1352 B.C. |
| hieroglyphics | system of Egyptian writing involving the use of pictures. |
| papyrus | type of paper used by the Egyptians, made from reeds from the Nile delta. |
| scribe | a person whose profession was writing. |
| Rosetta Stone | stone used to help translate hieroglyphics |
