Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Study Guide Egypt a country

Ancient Egypt: Vocabulary Study Guide

Egypt • a country in northeastern Africa

The Nile River longest river in the world Nile River delta a delta is a triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river

The Nile River Valley • a lower elevation of fertile land found by the Nile River

Lower and Upper Egypt Memphis was an important city on the Nile near the delta. Lower Egypt = northern part of Egypt Upper Egypt = region in Egypt south of the Nile delta

silt is a mixture of soil, bits of clay, and small rocks

ems t s ose ke a h w ant d to ma r l p a use f pape e r o a kind Papyrus

nd u o f alls er f r v i e t R a w ile N e th g n o al Cataracts

King Menes— he unified Upper and Lower Egypt Unify means to unite into one.

Giza and Khufu • Giza is the city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located • Khufu was the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid

Hatshepsut • Hatshepsut was the daughter of a pharaoh who became a ruler of Egypt. She claimed that Ra was her real father.

Pharaoh = Egyptian ruler (worshipped as a god-king)

f o m r o af ed s a b writing ures t on pic Hieroglyphics

Pyramids • huge stone structures • burial places for kings

Mummies a s i y mm u y. m d o A b ed v r e s pre

economy = how people use and manage their resources

Rosetta Stone Scholars learned the meaning of hieroglyphics by studying the Rosetta Stone.

Nubia Ø a kingdom south of Egypt Ø Nubia is now known as Sudan

independent • to be free

Kush Ø Kush was a kingdom of Nubia Ø Amanirenas was Queen of Kushites (she led Kush into battle)

Thutmose III • New Kingdom pharaoh who conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its power