Chapter Three: Ancient Egypt and Nubia

Parchment

Absolute Power: complete control over someone or something Regent: someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule

Pharaoh: the title of the kings of ancient Egypt Dynasty: A series of rules from the same family or ethnic group

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Hieroglyphs: pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds Papyrus: an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta Astronomer: a scientist who studies the starts and other objects in the sky

Delta: a plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water Silt: fine soil found on river bottoms

Nubia: an ancient region in the Nile River Valley; on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan Cataract: a large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water

Chapter Three: Ancient Egypt and Nubia

Ore: a mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals Lower Nubia: the region of ancient Nubia between the first and second Nile cataracts Upper Nubia: the region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts Artisan: a worker who is skilled in crafting goods by hand

Afterlife: life after death Mummy: a dead body preserved in life like condition

Pyramid: a huge building with four sloping triangle shaped sides; built as royal tombs in Egypt Giza: an ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid

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