Key Terms Pt.1
Define dynasty.
What is a ruling family?
Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers
What is a delta ?
Cataract
What is a waterfall ?
Only the ______ can conduct certain ceremonies for the sun god
What is a pharaoh?
In Egypt the chief god was the ______ god
What is sun ?
Responsible for organized a strong , centralized state
Who is a pharaoh?
Scientific skills used to preserve dead bodies
What is mummification?
Papyrus
What is a plant that grows along the nile?
These gods promised the ancient Egyptians eternal life
Who is Osiris & Isis ?
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar had ____ days in a year
What is 365?
Who is Akhenaton ?
Later pharaoh who won fame for his military victories
Who is Ramses II
Figure out the meaning of text
What is decipher ?
_____ offered new opportunities to the growing merchant class.
What is trade?
This persons mummified body has been placed in a solid gold coffin
Who is King Tut ?
Stretched Egypt's border to the greatest extent ever
Who is Thutmose III ?
Flat back stone that has text carved in it
What is Rosetta Stone ?
The person a pharaoh depended on to supervise the government
What is a vizier?
Through _____ they learned a great deal about the human body.
What is mummification?
According to papyrus records , ancient Egypt used _____ treatments to cure themselves.
What is herbal?
Picture writing
What is Hieroglyphics?
Reigned over the United Kingdom from about 1472 B.C to about 1467 B.C.
Who is Hatshepsut (haha-SHEP-soot) ?
Reigned over Egypt from 1279 B.C to 1213 B.C credited for pushing Egypt control northward bringing Syria under Egypt's rule
Who is Ramses II?
Through their _____ ancient Egyptians revealed so much about their values , attitudes and even their sense of humor
What is literature?
Egyptians related more easily to these 2 gods
Who is Osiris & Isis?