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Kingdoms and Rulers
Social Structure
100
The dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
What is a Mummy
100
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River
100
The only Woman Pharaoh
Who is Cleopatra
100
a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person
What is A Slave
200
a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group
What is A Dynasty
200
a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb.
What is a Pyramid
200
This kingdom is most known for its flourishing art and beautiful jewelry.
What is the Middle Kingdom
200
A person who is distinguished by rank or title.
What is Noble
300
The scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
What is Archeologist
300
the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
What is Anthropologist or Anthropology
300
This ruler became pharaoh at age ten, but dies at age nineteen.
Who is King Tut
300
A title of an ancient Egyptian king.
What is A Pharaoh
400
pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
What is Hieroglyphics
400
a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion.
What is a Sphinx
400
The Great pyramids of Giza were formed during this kingdom.
What is the Old Kingdom
400
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
What is An Artisan
500
A material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
What is Papyrus
500
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
What is a society
500
He was a Pharaoh whose reign lasted sixty-seven years, and died at age ninety-six. He built the temples of Abu Simbel.
Who is the Great Ramses
500
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
What is Scribe