Ancient Egypt

Nile river

The river the ancient Egyption settled around. It flows south to North into the mediterranean sea.

irrigation system

A way of supplying water to a area of land.

Natural Barriers

Deserts (sahara and western), mountains,Or bodys of water (mediterranean Sea, Red sea, cataracts ) That create barriers from invasion.

Mummification

Embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy.

Gift of the nile

Egypt was called this because it would not be here without the Nile.

The Nile flooding

Was a predictable (annual) Event that the egyptions used to plan thare farming calenders.

hieroglyphics

A ancint Egyption writing systym in witch pics were used to represent ideas and sounds.

Polythisic

Beliving in meany gods and goddesses.

Sahara desert

Largest desert in the world located west of the Nile river.

shadoof (shaduf)

A bucket attached to a long pole used to lift water from the nile to the basins.

Delta

A landform ware a river splits of into a number of strems that fan out over a area of fertile soil before emptying into a larger body of water.

papyrus

A reed plant that grew around the Nile and was used to make baskets, sandals,river rafts and paper.

Menes

a Egyption king who unifted upper and lower eygypt.

egyptian social classes

shaped like a pramid pharaoh at the top then press and nobbles then press fallowd by artasisans shop keepers and scribes in the middle them farmers and herders then unskilled workers at bottom.

pyramids

moutin like toums the size of 7 city blocks made for Egyption pharaohs entirely out of stone disined to protect the peralons floods,wild anamils and grave robbers.

upper Egypt

On a map of Ancient Egypt this would have been located in the South due to evasion.

Lower Egypt

On a map of Ancient Egypt this would have been located in the North due to evasion.

Hatshepsut

She was a New Kingdom Pharaoh that took power when her husband died leaving her the guardian of his son, Thutmose III, a young child. She was the first female pharaoh. Hatsheput claimed the throne for herself and the kingdom thrived under her rule because she was more focused on trade Instead of war.

Polytheism

Belief in many gods.

Kemet

Term meaning “black land” used by ancient Egyptians to describe the dark, fertile soil after the flood water receded.

Dynasty

A series of rulers from the same family.

Pharaoh

Title given to the kings of Egypt meaning “great house”.Believed to be a king and a god.

Great Shinpx

Has the head of a man and the body of a lion. Built as a home for the sun-god, Ra, so he could protect the pharaohs buried in the tombs.

Cartouche

An oval shape inside which is a pharaohs name was inscribed in hieroglyphics. These are often seen on tomb walls.