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Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Ancient Egypt Vocabulary. Menes. King of Upper Egypt who overthrew the king of Lower Egypt and unified Egypt. Unification. The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one. . Pharaoh.

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Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

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  1. Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

  2. Menes King of Upper Egypt who overthrew the king of Lower Egypt and unified Egypt.

  3. Unification The joining of separate parts, such as kingdoms, into one.

  4. Pharaoh The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt . At first the word pharaoh meant “where the king lived”, however after time it was known as the title of the king of Egypt. The first pharaoh is Menes.

  5. Old Kingdom Lasted from 2700B.C. E. to 2200B.C. E. The time when early pharaohs worked to unify Egypt.

  6. Memphis Located in Lower Egypt, Menes made this the capital of Egypt.

  7. Mummification Is when they preserve a pharaohs’ body then wrapped them in cloth. It was done to preserve the body by embalming and drying.

  8. Khufu Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid in about 2600 BCE. It took about 22 years to build.

  9. Hieroglyphics Symbols or signs that stand for words or letters

  10. Pyramids • Huge stone structure that were built as tombs, or burial places, for the pharaohs.

  11. Papyrus • A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile River, that the ancient Egyptians used for writing.

  12. Rosetta Stone • A group of soldiers found this stone near the city of Rosetta in Egypt. It has the same passage carved in three kinds of writing: • Demotic (late Egypt) • Ancient Greek • Hieroglyphics

  13. Economy • Making Bread • The way a country manages money and resources for the production of goods and services.

  14. Label your blank Map Nile River Red Sea Delta Upper Egypt Lower Egypt

  15. Why did Egyptians preserve the bodies of the dead through mummification?

  16. Cataract • Steep rapids in a river. (very shallow and rocky) Hard for boats to pass through.

  17. 6 Cataracts of the Nile River Label them on your map, by drawing a line. Why did Cataracts make it hard for Egyptians to trade from North to South?

  18. Social PyramidTriangle shaped chart that shows the rank of people in a society

  19. TheWhiteNileFlows North from Lake Victoria

  20. The Blue Nile Flows northeast out of Lake Tana

  21. Nilometer

  22. Expedition • Group of people who go on a trip for a specific reasons/purpose. • Travel up and down the Nile River to trade with other cities.

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