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A rapid
What is a cataract?
100
Many historians consider him to be Egypt's first Pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
100
The Egyptian writing system.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Members of the middle class who worked for the government and kept records and accounts.
What is a scribe?
100
Much of Egyptian religion focused on this.
What is the afterlife, or life after death?
200
A triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
What is a delta?
200
Menes wore this to symbolize his rule over upper and lower Egypt.
What is a double crown?
200
A long lasting, paper-like material made from reeds.
What is papyrus?
200
These hard working people made up the vast majority of Egypt's population.
Who are farmers and peasants?
200
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.
What are mummies?
300
This river in Egypt flooded almost every year.
What is the Nile River?
300
She ruled Egypt from 1503-1482 BC and was best known for increasing Egyptian trade.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
300
A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics translated into Greek.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
This group in Egypt's society included sculptors, builders, carpenters, jewelers, metal workers, and leather workers.
Who are the Artisans?
300
A tall four sided pillar that is pointed at the top.
What is an obelisk?
400
It made the soil rich with silt which is ideal for farming and as a result many early Egyptians settled near the delta.
What is the flooding of the Nile.
400
He was known for his military might; in particular fighting off the Hittites and the Sea People.
Who is Ramses the Great?
400
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
What is engineering?
400
These people came from rich and powerful families.
Who are the nobles?
400
The period during which Egypt reached the height of it's power and glory.
What is the New Kingdom?
500
These natural barriers made it hard to invade Egypt.
What is the desert to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the North, and more desert and the Red Sea to the East.
500
In 1922 archaeologists found his tomb which was filled with treasures.
Who is King Tut?
500
Huge, stone tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that met in a point at the top.
What are the pyramids?
500
People of wealth and power.
Who are the elite?
500
Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans.
What are sphinxes?