is the watering of land by means of canals or pipes so they can bring water to farms that needed it
irrigation
King ruler of Egypt, worn 2 crowns
Pharoah
built upland at the mouth of the river
Delta
the first Pharoah about 3,100 B.C.
Menes
Sun God
Ra
located mostly in Egypt(Africa) longest river 4,00 miles long
Nile River
the way people of the country manage there money and resources to produce goods and services
Economy
a body treated for burial with preservations and wrapped in an airtight cloth to keep the body from decaying
Mummies
his tumb was found by Howard Carter, died at the age of 19, served as a pharoah for 9 years, body lays in 3 coffins, in his coffin 2 of his stillborn babies and mom
King Tut
found King Tut’s tomb and famous archeologist after many years
Howard Carter
similar to a coffin
Sarcophagus
system of writing used by Egyptians, discovered by Jean Champollion
Hieroglyphics
boys of Ancient Egypt who knew how to write
scribes
fine layer of sand and clay (rock and soil)
Silt
stone structures enclosed with small burial room with the pharaohs mummy (built by slaves)
pyramid
One of the few female pharaohs (when her husband died she took over) princess and wife, organized 2 year expedition
Hatshepsut
had 3 symbols on it, Greek, 2 different types of Egyptian
found in a town near the Nile Delta
Rosetta Stone
herb tea to cal an upset stomach
Chamomile
made Egypt strong- got Lower Egypt back
Ahmose
The social pyramid in order
pharaoh, government officials, soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans,farmers, slaves
tall reed that grows in the Nile River, used to make paper
papyrus
where the three pyramids are located
Giza
ordered 1st pyramid to be built, he would be burid inside with his riches (to take to the After life)
King Khafre
half man, half lion 240 feet long, 66 feet high, stone structure
Sphinx
