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Vocabulary Terms
Cataract
This is a cataract, a cataract is a waterfall. Along the Nile River in Egypt there were many waterfalls.
Hieroglyph
These are hieroglyphics, hieroglyphics were the first way of writing and the way Ancient Egyptians wrote important documents or books
Pharoah
This is an Egyptian pharoah. A pharoah was the ruler or king/queen of Ancient Egypt.
Incense
This is incense. Incense was burned in temples everyday so the temples would smell good to please the pharoahs.
Delta
This is the Nile delta. The Nile delta is a collection of river branches from the Nile coming together in one place.
Red land, Black land
The Ancient Egyptians called their barren landscapes red land, and their fertile soil black land.
Bureaucrats
Egyptian bureaucracy was priests and pharoahs making decisions and people giving ideas to them.
Envoys
Envoys were represantatives of the country that would travel to talk to othe rcountries or trade.
Shaduf
A shaduf was a long pole and supporter with a bucket at the end used to scoop up water from the Niler River.
Dynasty
A dynasty is a line of rulers from Ancient Egypt. Grandpa, father, son Ect.
Embalming
Embalming is the process of preserving a body after death, which was what special people did to pharoahs after they died.
Papyrus
Papyrus was their form of paper they used to write on with ink.
Theocracy
theocracy was when the pharoah/king was both the political leader, and the religious leader.
Pyramid
A pyramid is the place pharoahs tombs lay with the pharoahs favorite items and treasures. There were guards and traps because of tomb robbers who would break into the pyramid to steal the pharoahs treasures.
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