Erin Social Studies vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lower Nubia | The area between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile |
| Cataract | A rock-filled rapid of the Nile River |
| Delta | A triangle-shaped area at a river's end |
| Upper Egypt | The area north of the First Cataract |
| Silt | Rich, fertile soil |
| Afterlife | A life after death |
| Mummy | A preserved dead body |
| Pyramid | A huge building with four sloping walls |
| Amon-Re | The ancient Egyptian god of the sun |
| Osiris | The god of the living and dead |
| Hieroglyphics | A type of picture writing |
| Papyrus | An early form of paper |
| Astronomer | A scientists who studies the stars |
| Champollion | First person to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| Rosetta Stone | An inscribed stone found near Rosetta on the western mouth of the Nile |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian king or queen |
| Dynasty | A family of rulers |
| Regent | Someone who rules for a child until they grow up |
| Hatshepsut | Stepmother of King Thutmose III |
| Thutmose III | Greatest pharaoh of the New Kingdom |
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