Vocabulary
A triangular piece of rich land formed from soil deposits at the mouth of some rivers.
delta
Tutenkhamen (King Tut)
Silver is one of the goods obtained from this country.
Syria
This is the name of the northern part of Ancient Egypt.
Lower Egypt
This is the river that runs the entire length of Egypt.
The Nile
Afterlife
Wife to Ahkenaton, she was one of the most powerful Egyptian Queens.
Nefertiti
Cedar and pinewood were both brought from this country.
Lebanon
This is the land below Upper Egypt
Nubia
He built the second great pyramid and the Sphinx.
King Khafre
Paper-like material that Egyptians wrote on to keep records of any kind.
papyrus
Ordered the building of the first Great Pyramid at Giza.
King Khufu
Gold, ebony, and ivory, all came to Egypt from this country.
Nubia
This is the city where the Great Pyramid is located.
Giza
He changed his name to Akhenaton upon his ascension to the throne.
Amenhotep IV
nation-state
Ruled in place of her step-son; sent armies into neighboring countries and demanded they pay tribute in exchange for protection.
Hatshepsut
Grains and semi-precious stones were all goods traded by this nation.
Egypt
This is the northern-most city in Ancient Egypt. Hint: Not the one in Tennessee.
Memphis
He began the first Dynasty after uniting Lower and Upper Egypt.
Waterfalls found between desert cliffs that run along the Nile; there are six in total in Ancient Egypt.
cataracts
Under his rule, the Egyptian Empire reached its greatest size during the New Kingdom.
Thutmose III
In this study, a person tries to determine whether the economic benefit of doing something is worth the risk.
cost-benefit analysis
This is the triangular piece of land east of Lower Egypt.
The Sinai Peninsula
This is the desert that lays to the West of the Nile.
The Sahara Desert