A
a place in the desert where water can be found
pharaoh
king of ancient Egypt
Pan-Arabism
idea that an Arabic-speaking people should unite into one country
idea that the government should be separate from religion
secularism
ruler
khan
delta
a flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years
theocracy
a government run by religious power
Copts
minority group in Egypt that practices Christianity
Islamist opposition party
Muslim Brotherhood
a person who believes in many gods
polytheist
nomad
a person who moves from place to place without a permanent home
hieroglyphics
Egyptian symbols for writing
gross domestic product (GDP)
the total value of all goods and services produced in a year
picture symbol
pictogram
urbanization
movement of people from rural to urban areas
mummy
a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose
a country's GDP divided by the number of people who live in the country
ancient Egyptian trained to write hieroglyphics
scribe
desert
Berbers
indigenous people of western North Africa
measure of living things' conditions using factors such as life expectancy, education, and income
human development index
journey
pilgrimage