chapter 3 Egypt

a large waterfall, a flood or rush of water

• silt

• cataract

• delta

• fountain

a fine soil found on the river bottom

• silt

• delta

• loam

• gradient

a plain at the mouth of a river, where sediment is deposited by flowing water

• cataract

• erosion

• source

• delta

ancient region in the Nile valley, site of present day Sudan

• Sinai

• Libya

• Nubia

• Canaan

Title of the king of Egypt

• pharaoh

• Vizier

• Emperor

• Caesar

a series of rulers from the same family

• emperor

• regent

• dynasty

• kingdom

someone who rules for a child until they are old enough

• vizier

• executor

• dynasty

• regent

complete control over someone or something

• dynasty

• absolute power

• executive power

• monopoly

a life after death

• underworld

• resurrection

• renewal

• afterlife

a dead body preserved in a life like condition

• regent

• corpse

• mummy

• casket