Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

a ruler in ancient Egypt

• Pharaoh

• God

• Priest

• King

series of rulers sharing a common origin. They are usually, but not always, of the same family

• dynasty

• family tree

• cousins

• polytheism

the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• sign language

• calligraphy

A great stone tomb built to honor an Egyptian pharaoh is called a ________________.

• Dynasty

• Pyramid

• Deity

• Ziggurat

a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile

• Shadoof

• Delta

• Papyrus

• Cataract

a river in East Africa, the longest in the world, flowing North from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean

• Nile River

• Amazon River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

Items sent to other regions to trade

• Imports
• Exports
• Hieroglyphics
• Silt

A triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river

• Silt

• Delta

• Fertile

• Scribe

Goods brought in from another region

• Exports
• Imports
• Stylus
• Papyrus

a reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paper like writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East

• papyrus

• lychnis

• arum

• lotus