Vocab
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water from a river to storage bins
shadoof
he became pharaoh at 9 years old and is famous for his mummy being found
King Tut
beginning of Great Pyramids being built
Old
What are the two rivers The Nile begins as?
Blue and White Nile
Book that included spells and prayers to help a dead person enter the afterlife
Book of the Dead
reed plant cut into strips and pressed together to create a writing surface
papyrus
he tried to change religion and it ended up causing Egypt to lose most of its land due to not paying attention to anything except religion
AmenhotepIV
Akhenaton
King Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt
Old
this means "great house"
pharaoh
another words for woven cloth
textiles
the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying
embalming
group of immigrants who brought the middle kingdom the horse-drawn war chariot, bronze weapons and burial practices
Hyksos
Ramses II in power
New
another word for a government official that pharaohs appointed
bureaucrat
The Nubians of ________ great wealthy from agriculture and mining of gold
Kerma
wild rapids
cataracts
she came to power after her husband Thutmose II died; she represented herself as the male pharaoh
Queen Hatshepsut
Hyksos immigrated to Southwest Asia
Middle
Who was the Great Pyramid built for?
King Khufu
who made up the largest social class
laborers
area formed by soil deposits that build up as a rover slows down
delta
his 66-year reign was devoted to peaceful activities as well as the building of Karnak
Ramses II
thousands of acres of farmland increased productions, as well as more irrigation dams and channels
Middle
the name of "black land," after its dark, rich soil in the northern region
Kemet
they became the first Africans to devote themselves to iron-working