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Unit 4 Vocabulary Ancient Egypt 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. authority 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