Ancient Egypt Test
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- obelisk
- A tall four sided pillar that pointed on top
- Delta
- a triangle-shaped area of land made by soil
- Dynasty
- a series of rulers from the same family
- pyramids
- Huge stone tombs shaped like a triangle
- Papyrus
- a long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
- elite
- people of weath and power
- Sphinxes
- imaginary creatures with bodys of lions and heads of another animal
- Menes
- rose to power in Egypt around 3100 BC
- Khufu
- a phoroh who ruled in the 2500s BC
- New Kingdom
- a time in Egypt from 1550 BC to 1050 BC
- Queen Hatshepsut
- An Egyptian Women ruler in the New Kingdom
- Pharoh
- the ruler of Egypt
- King Tutankhamen
- his tomb was found in 1922
- Heiroglyphics
- Egypts first writting system
- Middle Kingdom
- a time in Egypt from 2050 BC to 1750 BC
- mummies
- bodys wrapped in cloth
- Cataracts
- rapids
- trade routes
- paths followed by traders
- Rossetta Stone
- a huge stone stone stab incribed with hieroglyphics
- Ramses the Great
- a phoroah in 1200 BC with string army skills
- Afterlife
- life after death
- Nobles
- people from rich and powerful familys
- Old Kingdom
- a period in Egypt from 2700 BC to 2200 BC
- Engineering
- scientist making thing for common purposes