Test Flashcards
(31 cards)
Delta?
Fertile soil of the Nile at the mouth
Cataract?
Rapids
Papyrus?
Here’s plant for paper sandals and baskets
Hieroglyphics?
Egyptian writing
Dynasty?
Succession of leaders from same family
Pharaoh?
Ruler of Egypt means great house
Deity?
God or goddess
Embalming?
Natron and oil to preserve a dead body
Mummy?
Body that has been embalmed and wrapped in linen
Tribute?
Forced payment
Savanna?
Grassy plains
Sarcophagus?
A burial box for coffins
Ritual?
Religious ceremony
Flail?
Farming whip
Stylized?
Confirmed to a particular style
Narmer?
(Menes) united upper and lower Egypt
Khufu?
Pharaoh who built the great pyramids (Giza)
Ahmose?
Drove Hyksos out of Egypt
Hatshepsut?
Women ruler who took the throne and made Egypt Wealthy through trade
Thurmose 3?
Stepson of Hatshepsut
Akhenaton?
(Amenhotep) made Egypt monotheistic to Aton
Tut?
Boy king who had rich tomb
Ramses 2?
(Ramses the great) ruled for 66 years had 100 children was sprain at age 10
Horus?
God of sky son of Ra