Historical Geography: Egypt Vocabulary Quiz
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- stele
- a wooden or stone tablet usually bearing inscriptions
- papyrology
- the study of (primarily Greek) papyrus documents, typically from Egypt
- circa
- "around that time"; abbreviated as "ca." or "c."
- necropolis
- a cemetery-literally a "city of the dead"
- Hellenistic
- an adjective referring to those things that are Greek
- dynasty
- a ruling line of related kings
- sarcophagus
- a "stone" bod for holding coffins and mummies
- nomes
- the various provinces of Upper and Lower Egypt
- Heb-sed festival
- a ritual to demonstrate the continuing vitality of the ruler
- natron
- a naturally occurring white chamical substance that was used in the mummification process as a dehydrating agent
- epigraphy
- the art or recording inscriptions
- tell
- a mound representing the accumulated debris of past human settlements; sometimes called "kom"
- cenotaph
- a memorial tomb established for an individual who is actually buried elsewhere
- Genisis
- the first book in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible that, among other things, contains the story of Joseph in Egypt
- Egyptomania
- tha fascination with the culture of ancient Egypt
- nomarchs
- the leaders or governors of nomes
- Anno Domini (A.D. Year of our Lord)
- the number of years since the birth of Jesus
- archaeology
- the interdeisciplinary study of the human past including people, customs, and life of ancient times
- mastaba
- an Arabic word meaning "bench", referring to rectangular-shaped tombs
- prehistory
- the course of human events before the time of writing; often studied by archaeologits who are referred to as prehistorians
- Nile River
- the longest river in the world, stretching about 4,200 miles
- anthropomorphic
- to have the physical form of a human
- cuneiform
- a wedge-shaped script typically impressed into clay tablets and characteristic of Mesopotamia and other ancient cultures in the surrounding region
- ba
- an Egyption spiritual concept that can be roughly translated as "one's soul"; often depicted as a bird with a human head
- Graeco-Roman Period (Egypt)
- refers to the time period during which Greeks and Romans ruled Egypt, beginning in 332 B.C. with the invasion of Alexander the Great through the period of the Roman emperors
- inundation
- the annual flooding of the Nile River, which produced a regular renewal of agricultural land
- coregency
- a practice in which a royal successor is chosen and rules alongside the reigning king to ensure a competent transition from one to the other
- papyrus
- a kind of paper manufactured from the inner pith of the papyrus plant
- Common Era (C.E.)
- the equivalent of A.D. (the number of years since the birth of Jesus
- ostracon
- a piece of broken pottery or a flake of stone that serves as a writing surface
- ka
- an Egyptian conceptrefering to "one's life force"
- Neolithic
- a period when the hunting and gathering lifesyle gave way to permanent settlements and the tending of plants and animals
- monotheism
- the belief in and worship of one God
- Before the Common Era (B.C.E.)
- refers to the smae time period as B.C.
- Cheops
- a pharaoh that was often depicted as cruel and mean
- vizier
- the hightest office in the Egyptian governmental hierarchy below the king (sort of prime minister)
- hieroglyphic
- the formal Egyptian writing system (script)
- Mitzraim
- the Hebrew word for Egypt
- Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
- characterized by the use of stone tools and hunting and gathering, extending from about 2 million years to 10,000 years ago
- Exodus
- the second book in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible that records the story of the enslavement of the Hebrew people in Egypt and their subseuent divine deliverance
- Before Christ (B.C.)
- refers to the number of years before the birth of Jesus
- hieratic
- a cursive form of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script
- polytheism
- the worship of many gods
- Duat
- the Egyptian netherworld of land of the dead
- maat
- the Egyptian concept of truth, justice, and cosmic order, represented by a goddess, often portrayed with a feather upon her head
- Egyptology
- the study of ancient Egypt