Groups of rocky rapids
Cataracts
A system of offices and officials that handle the business of government.
Bureaucracy
Drawing or symbol that represents a word or sound.
Hieroglyphics
The buying and selling of goods and services.
Commerce
Area of sediment--soil or minerals carried by water--deposited at the mouth of a river.
Delta
A body preserved by a special process.
Mummy
Made from papyrus reed that grows along the Nile.
Papyrus
A hard white material made from tusks
Ivory
Skilled workers who practice a handicraft.
Artisans
Structure with triangular sides.
Pyramid
Dependence by each country or group on the other
Interdependence
King of a united Egypt
Pharaoh
A statue or other free-standing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other material.
Sculpture
One of the world's first alphabets created by the Nubians.
Meroitic Script
A ruling family
Dynasty
Study of the structure of the body and its organs.
Anatomy
A black wood from West Africa.
Ebony