Hieroglyphs
A simplified version of hieroglyphics
Hieratic script
The highest rulers in ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
Process that Egyptians practiced to prevent dead bodies from rotting
Mummification
River which divided Upper and Lower Egypt
Nile River
Main job for the lowest class (peasants and servants)
Farming on the lands of the estates
What does the word "hieroglyph" literally mean (hiero + glyph)?
"Holy writing"
Invaded and ruled Egypt for about 100 years
The Hyksos
Pyramids
Fertile farmlands
Highest officials that worked under pharaoh (i.e., the second highest rank in the social hierarchy)
Viziers/priests/nobles
Which social class was dedicated to writing and copying hieroglyphs?
Scribes
The first woman to become Pharaoh
Hatshepsut
Jars that were used to hold different organs
Canopic jars
Land on both sides of the Nile; they were uninhabitable because it was too hot to live there
Red Lands
Which group was likely the most educated?
Scribes and/or nobles
Stone that had three different languages on it, which helped scholars and linguists translate ancient hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
A type of government in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
Bureaucracy
Term for the "spiritual body" or soul
Ka
City where the Great Pyramid is located
Giza
Arrange in order of highest rank to lowest rank
Peasants
Scribes
Merchants
Pharaoh
Viziers/Nobles/Priests
Pharaoh, Viziers/Nobles/Priests, Scribes, Merchants, Peasants