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Egypt
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Term | Definition |
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Acquire | to get (something) : to come to own (something) : to come to have (something). : to gain (a new skill, ability, etc.) usually by your own effort. |
Pharaoh | political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple |
Pyramid | Egyptian architecture were the dead are buried. Pyramids and Temples |
Hatshepsut | brought peace and abundance to Egypt during the New Kingdom. The Woman Who Was King 1473–1458 BC during Middle Kingdom Hatshepsut |
Merchant | a business person who trades in commodities produced by other people in order to earn a profit. |
Papyrus | paper made from reeds growing by the Nile River |
Agriculture | farming and animal rearing, to produce food to feed a civilization |
Hieroglyphics | Egyptian written language |
Book of the Dead | a guide to help people reach the afterlife |
Trade | the act of exchanging one thing for another |
Nile River | a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa |
Mummification | All internal organs were removed- except the heart; considered integral to one's afterlife. The mummified body provided a place for a person's ba, or spirit, to return to the body after death. |
Imhotep | was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history. |
Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. |
Lower Egypt | Land north on the Nile |
Upper Egypt | Land south on the Nile |
Old Kingdom | 505 years |
Middle Kingdom | 405 years |
New Kingdom | 481 years |