HIST Flashcards
(20 cards)
DELTA
a piece of land that has slowy built up over the years by the the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
famine
a period of serios shortuge of ford
vizier
overseer of all works
pharaoh
ruler of Egypt
WHAT DID THEY DO WHEN FLOOD SEASON HAPPEND
they made there building straight
planting
Egyptians plant seeds and plow soil
harvest season
the Egytians pressed the grapes with there feet and turned it in to grape juice
because the Nile is imortant egypt is often called the __?___ of the nile
gift
true or false a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfall is a palette
false it is cataract
true or false along pole with a bucket tied on one end todie water from the nile is shadoof
true
true or false were placed inside large and costly tombs is mummy
true
true or false a mounment were tall pointed pillars is called scroll
FALSE it is obelisk
what desert take up most of egypt
sahara desert
king of upper and lower Egypt
menys
the first pharaoh
akhenaton
built the great pyramid as his tomb
khofu
a vizier mentioned in the bible
joseph
ancient egypts only woman pharaoh
queen hatshepsat
the pharaoh whose tomb is more famouse the he
king tut
scribe
a secretary to the ruler or to leaders i the army the count or the temple