Inventions
What was ancient Egypt divided into based on the Nile River?
Upper & Lower Egypt
What is the verb for commercial transaction?
To trade
Who had absolute power (religious, military & political)
A Pharaoh
What was the River called that divided Egypt into two?
The Nile River
What did they create to divide social groups?
A Hierarchy
What is the verb that defines when covers land that is usually dry?
To flood/Flooding
Who was at the bottom of the Hierarchy in Ancient Egypt?
Slaves
What was the obligatory payment that they had to give in Ancient Egypt?
A tribute
What did they invent to help farm more land?
The wheel & the plough
What is the verb that describes how they used the water for crops?
To irrigate/ Irrigation
What is the word for a person who performs religious rites?
A priest
Who was the famous woman in power?
Nefertiti
What did the Egyptians invent that had pictures or pictograms to represent sounds, words, and concepts in 3150 BCE?
Hieroglyphics
What did they invent to measure fields, count crops & livestock, do trading accounts and supervise tax collection?
To write/Writing
What level were peasants in the social Hierarchy?
Second Level (from the bottom)
What is the name of the power that Pharaohs have?
Theocratic Power
What did the Mesopotamians invent as their writing system that had different signs to represent syllables?
The Cuneiform
What did the Pharaoh do the bring together the two sections of Egypt?
To Unify
What is the person whose job is to keep a record of events, taking note of taxes for the Pharoah?
A scribe
What was the triangular structure that was part of the burial process in Egypt?
A Pyramid