1 Flashcards
(30 cards)
Scribe
Writers that work for the government
Social structure
The thing that determines your role
Silt
The soil that comes from floods
Delta
A place where the river separates
Papyrus
What paper is made from
Sphinx
Head of pharo and the body of a cat statue
Pharaoh
Rulers of an Egyptian land
Pyramids
Large buildings that are resting place of pharaohs
Mumification
Pharos become mummies
Polytheistic
Belief in many gods
Lower and upper Egypt
The difference that splits Egypt apart
Nile river
A river in Africa which gave people the silt they needed to farm
Hieroglyphs
A type of language that people used including shapes
Visier
Someone who helps kings rule
Rosetta Stone
A stone written in many languages. People didn’t understand hyrogliphs and used it to read Egyptian
Nomarch
Governors of each of the 42 districts
Memphis
The capital of Egypt
Giza
A city in Egypt also the great pyramid was built upon us
Egypt
The first place route where rulers ruled and also in Africa I think
Menes
The ruler of Egypt and creator of Memphis
Hatshepsut
She was the only girl ruler she acted like a man
Nefertiti
A girl queen who honor the sun god
KHUFO
Ruler of Egypt he was the creator of the great pyramid of Giza
Ramses the second
Ramsey was the only ruler to have the great added to his name
