Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Review

A government controlled by religious leaders

• Theocracy

• Dynasty

• Pharaoh

• Kush

a god or goddess

• deity

• Pharaoh

• Theocracy

• Papyrus

A professional writer

• scribe

• Hieroglyphics

• Papyrus

• Kush

a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

• Delta

• Middle Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Kush

Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words.

• Hieroglyphics

• scribe

• Dynasty

• Papyrus

An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries.

• Kush

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

the period of Egyptian history from about 2050 to 1750 BC and marked by order and stability

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Kush

the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Kush

2700 BC - 2200 BC. Upper and Lower Egypt kept separate kingdoms, but later built unified government. Developed basic features of its civilization. BUILT THE PYRAMIDS: an eternal resting place for their god-kings.

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Kush

A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds

• Papyrus

• Pharaoh

• scribe

• Hieroglyphics