Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Made up of water rapids and waterfalls; divided the Nile River

• Cataracts

• Dynasty

• Delta

Triangle-shaped area of land created from soil deposited by a river; in northern Egypt

• Cataracts

• Papyrus

• Delta

A series of rulers from the same family

• Inundation

• Dynasty

• Vizier

A writing system that used pictures to represent sounds or words

• Hieroglyphs

• Mummies

• Papyrus

The annual flooding of the Nile river that would leave behind rich soil

• Hieroglyphs

• Inundation

• Papyrus

The longest river in the world, key to sustaining life in Egypt

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

Writing material made from dried reeds

• Papyrus

• Paper

• scribe

The title used by Egyptian rulers meaning "great house"

• King

• Pharaoh

• Vizier

Government workers responsible for keeping records and accounts

• Scribe

• Pharaoh

• Vizier

Government officials in charge of carrying out pharaoh's orders

• Scribe

• Priests

• Bureaucrats