Life by the Nile
This country is home to pharaohs and the pyramids.
Egypt
The "god-king" of Egypt.
pharaoh
Name the three time periods of Egyptian history.
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
The Meroitic language came from this Nubian city.
Meroe
a preserved body
mummy
"black land", very fertile soil
Memphis
This stone was said to translated Egyptian into Greek.
Rosetta Stone
The first king of Egypt according to legend, wearing the double crown.
Menes
Egyptians got the materials to build their pyramids by...
cutting blocks from granite cliffs in Nubia
to be united together
unified
Egypt is separated into these two land areas.
Upper and Lower Egypt
This priest helped keep the first records of Egypt.
Manetho
This lady pharaoh ruled during 1498 as a powerful ruler, proclaiming herself a god's descendant.
Hatshepsut
While the Egyptians used wooden sticks for digging farmlands, Nubian farmers used this...
stronger farming tools, "Stone" tools
Egyptian writing based on pictures.
hieroglyphics
These are waterfall breaks in the Nile River.
cataracts
This pharaoh ruled during the construction of the first "Great Pyramid" called Giza.
Khufu
Kushites had to move to this capital city after being attacked by the Assyrians in 650 B.C.
Napata
This Nubian kingdom became free from the Egyptians and gained its independence.
Kush
The PROCESS of preserving a body.
mummification
Name two of the gods Egyptians pray to, especially during the flood season.
Ra and Horus
This site was said to be the worker's village where people worked on the pyramids.
Deir el-Medina
This pharaoh wanted to replace the current sun god with Aton, a god he wanted to worship.
Akhenaten
This Nubian queen lead military expeditions, lowered taxes, and built great monuments.
Amanirenas
The way people used and managed resources.
economy