Geography of Egypt
It's located in the northeastern portion of Africa
What is Egypt
earth’s longest river, flowing 4,132 miles
What is the Nile River
word paper comes from
What is Papyrus
an independent kingdom or state made up of a city and the surrounding lands it controls
What is city-state
The largest cities in ancient Egypt
What is Thebes, Memphis and Giza
It is located in the northeastern portion of Africa
a landform, usually triangular, at the mouth of a river
What is Delta
the artificial application of water to land. Its opposite, drainage, is the artificial removal of water from land
What is Irrigation
a large group of territories and people who are ruled by a single sovereign leader or nation.
a way of illustrating the social organization of a particular society.
social pyramid
an angular measure of distance from the equator. Imaginary horizontal lines called lines of latitude circle Earth.
What is latitude
refers to small particles of sediment and soil that are easily carried in water, often in rivers.
What is Silt
a person who was educated and wrote books or other documents by hand.
What is a scribe
a large group of territories and people who are ruled by a single sovereign leader or nation.
empire
connected to the Red Sea by way of the Suez Canal
an angular measure of distance from the prime meridian. Imaginary vertical lines,
What is longitude
Ancient Egyptians called the Nile River
What is Ar or Aur
a system of writing that was widely used in the ancient Middle East. Scribes, who were the writers of the time, wrote by pressing a sharpened reed called a stylus into soft clay tablets.
What is Cuneiform
the cultivation or production of plants and animals for human use.
What is agricultural
The oldest-known ancient Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics
an imaginary reference line that circles Earth. It runs east and west at an equal distance between the North and South Poles.
What is Equator
an advanced form of culture.
What is civilization
a way of illustrating the social organization of a particular society.
What is social Pyramid
a large stone structure that is built with a square base and has triangular-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top.
What is Pyramid
Archaeology involves digging up parts of the earth to find objects from the past
What is dig site