Download Unit 4 Vocabulary Ancient Egypt authority Black Land

Unit 4 Vocabulary
Ancient Egypt
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Black Land-It was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile River. The ancient Egyptians
used this land for growing their crops.
bureaucrat
cataract
delta
dynasty
embalming
envoy
hieroglyphics
incense- a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces;
was central to the worship of the gods of Ancient Egypt
isolate
labor
mummification-to preserve a dead body by embalming and drying
mummy-the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian
process of embalming
papyrus
pharaoh
polytheistic
pyramid
Red Land-the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides
Rosetta Stone- a black slab with three languages on it (Greek, demotic and hieroglyphs)
each saying the same thing. It provided Jean-Francois Champollion the key to the
mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
savanna
shadoof
social pyramid-the social structure of Egypt (pg 116)
textile
theocracy
unify