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S.S VOCAB.

Test is on January 11, 2008 Remember to STUDY using this guide!!!

Terms

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inundation
a yearly flood
hieroglyphics
a system of the Egyptian alphabet
canals
an artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation
silt
a mixture of bits of rock and soil carried or deposited by water
pharaoh
means "great house," or basically referred to the ruler's magnificent palace
Old Kingdom
the first time period of the rulers/age of the pyramids
papyrus
a paper-plant-like material
Aton
a male god
pyramid
a burial place for the dead
Middle Kingdom
the time of troubles
Alexander the Great
Son of Phillip II. He was tutored by Aristolle and became king of Macedonia in 336 B.C. He built a huge empire as ruler.
New Kingdom
the first time of a full-time army/time period in Egyptian history when the Egyptian Empire began.
Queen Hatshepsut
female Egyptian pharaoh who expanded Egyptian trade routes
delta
is a low land formed at the mouth of some rivers by the silt the river drops there
nature
the original, natural, uncivilized condition of human kind (not man-made)

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