davenport (week 2/8/10)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 afterlife | life believed to follow death |
| cataract | a steep waterfall |
| delta | an area near a river's mouth where the river deposits large amounts of sand and silt |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from the same family |
| embalm | to preserve a body after death |
| fertile | favorable for the growth of crops and other plants |
| hieroglyph | a picture standing for a word or sound |
| khufu | the Egytian pharaoh who, who about 2550 b.c., ordered the largest construction of the largest pyramid ever built |
| linen | a fiber woven from the fibers of the flax plant |
| mummy | the body of a dead animal that has been preserved and dried out to prevent decay |
| papyrus | a paperlike material made from stems of the flax plant and used for writing by the ancient Egyptians |
| pharaoh | a king of ancient Egypt |
| pyramid | a structure with four triangular sides that meet at a point |
| scribe | a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper |
| step pyramid | a pyramid whose sides rise in a series of giant steps |
| silt | fine,fertile soil deposited by a river |
| succession | the order which members of a royal familt inherit the throne |
| obelisk | a four sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top |
| Hatshepsut | a female pharaoh of ancient Egypt who inittially ruled with her stepson but declared hersaelf the only ruler of 1472 b.c. |
| Ramses II | a pharaoh who ruled Egypt for 66 years, greatly expanding the Egytptian Empire by conquering surrounding territories |
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