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Isis - Represented loyal wife and mother, ruled the underworld with her husband Osiris
Thebes - Capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom
Khufu - Built the Great Pyramid at Giza
Upper Egypt - South of the Nile River Delta
Cataracts - Wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs, natural barrier that
protected Egypt in the south.
Hyksos - Western Asian people who conquered Egypt
Kemet - Egyptian name for Egypt, means ‘the Black Lands’
Memphis - Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom
Ramses II - Greatest of the New Kingdom pharaohs
Savannas - Grasslands south of Egypt
Pharaoh - Believed to be the son of Re, the sun god
Pyramid - Entrance always faced north
Nile - World’s longest river
Hapi - Goddess who ruled the Nile River
Hatshepsut - Female pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy
Sahara - Largest desert in the world
Papyrus - Used in papermaking
Middle Kingdom - Golden age of prosperity, achievement, and stability in Egypt
The Great Pyramid - tallest building in the world for 4,000 years
Narmer – Also known as Menes, he united Upper and Lower Egypt
Dynasty – A line of rulers that passes power from father to son.
Gentle and dependable – The Nile River’s flooding could be described as Gentle and
Dependable
Embalming- Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing
Rooftops – The place where Egyptian families spent time together
Ahmose – The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Flax, wheat, and barley – The main crops grown by the Egyptians were flax, wheat,
and barley
Lower Egypt – The land around the Nile River Delta
The Book of the Dead – A collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the
afterlife
Re – The chief god of the Egyptians
Iron Ore Deposits – The reason the Kushites moved their capital to Meroe
Amenhotep – Pharaoh that tried to give the Egyptians a new religion
Fertile Soil and Surveying – Two results of the Nile River’s flooding
Tribute – Forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples
Napata – Capital of Kush, located on a trade route
Mummy – An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips
Nubia – Name given by the Egyptians to the area of the world known today as Sudan
Iron weapons, Tools, Ivory, Gold, Incense – All of these are goods for which the
Egyptians trades.