Ch. 5 Les. 1 and 2 Ancient Egypt and Kush

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cataract
a large waterfall
delta
a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
unify
to join together into one group
papyrus
A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.
hieroglyphics
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
dynasty
A series of rulers from the same family
unique
(adj.) one of a kind; unequaled; unusual; found only in a given class, place, or situation
isolate
to separate from others
shadoof (shaduf)
used to lift water from the river for irrigation (still used)
theocracy
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
pharaohA king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.bureaucratgovernment officialdistributeto divide into shares and deliver the shares to different peoplecrucialextremely important or significantembalmingthe process of treating a body to keep it from decayingresideto be present continuously or have a home in a particular placepyramidgreat stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaohlaborto workconstructto buildrolethe function or part an individual fills in societymanualinvolving physical effort; work done by handobtainto get or gain through some effortdama barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of watercanallong and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigationirrigationThe process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.