RULERS
Ruled about 200 years after Queen Hatshepsut
RAMSES II
Belief in many gods
POLYTHEISTIC
Of a continent, is the area away from the coast
INTERIOR
This person has the right to control other people
AUTHORITY
A ceremony enacted in the same way time after time
RITUAL
An Egyptian king who united two kingdoms in about 3000 B.C.
MENES
The son of Isis and Osiris, who united the two lands of Egypt
HORUS
Raising two crops on the same land within one year
DOUBLE CROP
A body preserved by a special process
MUMMY
Life after death
AFTERLIFE
A queen who was one of the few women to rule Egypt
HATSHEPSUT
The god of the underworld
ORISRIS
An area of soil deposited in the mouth of a river
DELTA
The title given to the rulers of Egypt
PHARAOH
The buying and selling of goods and services
COMMERCE
A pharaoh who ordered expeditions to the eastern Mediterranean Sea
SNEFRU
The wife of Orisris; mother goddess of Egypt
ISIS
A reed that grows along the Nile that was used to make paper
PAPYRUS
Skilled workers who practice a trade or handcraft
ARTISAN
World of the dead
UNDERWORLD
A king ruler of the Kush who expanded the Kushite empire by conquering Egyptian cities
PIYE
The sun god
AMON-RE
Six sets of rocky rapids that the Nile roars through
CATARACT
An architect who designed a new kind of tomb for his pharaoh
IMHOTEP
A payment made by a conquered people to a stronger power
TRIBUTE