Definitions
Geo-
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Mummification
Government
Grab Bag
100
An ancient irrigation tool made of a long wooden pole and weight which was used to take water from a river or canal to water crops.
What is a shaduf?
100
The body of water where Ancient Egyptians settled
What is The Nile River?
100
the elite and pharaohs generally underwent this process fafter they died
What is mummification?
100
The ruler of Ancient Egypt-name changed from King to this
What is Pharaoh?
100
A crop that grows along the Nile used for making paper
What is papyrus?
200
A stone or ceramic container used by Egyptians for burying the organs used for mummification
What is a canopic jar?
200
The two kingdoms that made up Ancient Egypt initially
What are Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
200
The organ that was left inside the body to be weighed by Anubis
What is the heart?
200
followed the orders of the Pharaoh and ensured they were carried out
What is the Vizier?
200
God of the River
Who is Hapi/Haipi?
300
A natural compound used for mummification-similar to baking soda and was also used by the Egyptians as a soap and toothpaste
What is natron?
300
The capital city established when King Narmer conquered Lower Egypt.
What is Memphis?
300
Shallow graves in the desert, naturally mummified due to desication (dried out buy the sun)
What is where the poor were buried?
300
Seen as a pyramid with the Pharaoh at the top
What is the shape of the class strucure in Ancient Egypt?
300
a man responsible for record keeping and the writing of important documents
Who is a scribe?
400
The largest room in the pyramid and where articles for the afterlife are stored
What is the antechamber?
400
80 pyramids were built near here
What is Giza?
400
compound used to wash the body along with oil and spices
What is myrrh?
400
Egypt's power began to decline later in The New Kingdon due to this.
What is the struggle for power between the pharaohs and the priests.
400
The capital of modern Egypt
What is Cairo?
500
refers to the outer container that held one or more of the Egyptian coffins.
What is a sarcophagus?
500
the body of water The Nile drains into
What is The Mediterranean Sea?
500
calm and serene place ruled over by Osirus-pharaoh continued to rule from here after he died
What is the afterlife?
500
This is when Ancient Egypt's empire crumbled.
What is 1150 BCE?
500
A tablet discovered in 1799 which allowed historians to translate Ancient Egyptian writing
What is the Rosetta Stone?
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