Ancient Egypt

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ruler of Ancient Egypt

a huge, triangular-shaped monument of ancient Egypt built around a tomb built during the Old Kingdom

the time period of Egyptian history from about 2700 to 2200BCE which is called the Age of Pyramids

the time period of Egyptian history from about 2000 to 1800BCE which is sometimes called the Period of Reunification

the time period of Egyptian history from about 1600 to 1100BCE which is often called Egypt's Golden Age

the surface features of a place or region, such as mountains or deserts

the plants of a place or region

a tough water plant used to make paper and rope in ancient times

an area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river

the process of adding fertilizer, or plant food, to soil

a person who moves from place to place with no permanent home

ruled during the old kingdom period and built the Great Pyramid at Giza

Pharaoh Senusret I

a patron of the arts who ruled during the middle kingdom period and built the White Chapel at Karnak

Pharaoh Hatshepsut

the first female pharaoh who ruled during the new kingdom period and encouraged trade with other lands (such as Punt), her temple at Dayr al-Bahri showed her trade expeditions

Pharaoh Ramses II

was called Ramses the Great and ruled during the new kingdom, he had more monuments built than any other pharaoh- his most impressive monument was the temple complex at Abu Simbel

a person who does farmwork for wealthy landowners

a high-ranking government official who advised the pharaoh

an agreement between nations to work together for common interests

Chief Treasurer

a government officials who looked after the pharaohs wealth

General of the Armies

a government official who was the top military commander

to treat a dead body with preservatives to prevent it from decaying

a large stone coffin

a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed in about 3000BCE

an official count of the population or number of people living in an area

a severe shortage of food

a person who writes

a group of society distinguished from other groups by such things as wealth, property, and rights

a drawing of a pyramid shape with levels showing how social classes are positioned above and below one another regarding power and rights in the society

Social structure

the way a society or civilization is organized

Egyptian Civilization

a society of people who lived along the Nile River in the northeast corner of Africa from around 3100BCE to 350AD

Kush Civilization

a society of people who lived along the Nile River, south of Egypt, from about 2000BCE to 350AD

Hebrew Civilization

a society of people (ancient Israelites) who lived in Canaan and started the Jewish religion

Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth

a series of rulers from the same family

egyptian god-kings

a system of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority.

the highest office in the Egyptian governmental hierarchy below the king. (a sort of prime minister.)

declared herself Pharaoh and took over because her step son was a young child at the time. She encouraged trade rather than just waging war.

Hatshepsuts step son who took the thone when becoming an adult

one of Egypt's greatest kings who ruled for over 60 years, conquered vast territories, and fathered over 100 children

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