📚 VOCABULARY
A rock formation that creates churning rapids.
Cataract
The river that provided water and fertile land for ancient Egyptian civilization.
Nile River
The desert located west of the Nile River.
Western Desert
The two regions that were eventually united to form ancient Egypt.
Upper and Lower Egypt
The system in which a single ruler holds great political power.
Monarchy
An area where a river fans out into several branches as it flows into a body of water.
Delta
The fertile soil left behind when the Nile flooded.
Silt
The desert located east of the Nile River.
Eastern Desert
The ruler traditionally credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
Narmer
The belief that Egyptian rulers had a special connection to the gods.
Divine rule
A series of rulers from the same family.
Dynasty
The yearly event that helped renew the farmland along the Nile.
Flooding
The large body of water located north of Egypt.
Mediterranean Sea
The capital established after Upper and Lower Egypt were united.
Memphis
The government official who helped the pharaoh manage Egypt.
Vizier's administration
An Egyptian ruler.
Pharaoh
The narrow strip of fertile land along the Nile where most Egyptians lived.
Nile River Valley
The region south of ancient Egypt that was an important source of natural resources.
Nubia
The process through which smaller communities came together under one government.
Unification
The workers responsible for producing crops along the Nile.
Farmers
A chief official who carried out much of the day-to-day work of governing ancient.
Vizier
The large body of water into which the Nile River flows.
Mediterranean Sea
The natural barriers surrounding Egypt that helped protect it from invasion.
Deserts
The civilization that developed along the Nile River.
Ancient Egypt
The social system in which people had different levels of power and importance.
Social hierarchy