Module 4 Lesson 3 and 4 Vocabulary

period of stability and order in ancient Egypt between about 2050 and 1750 BCE

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• theocracy

the height of Egypt's power and glory, between 1550 and 1050 BC

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Nubia

paths followed by traders

• the Nile River

• trade routes

• paths

• trade roads

New Kingdom ruler renowned for expanding Egyptian trade

• Ramses the Great

• Menes

• Khufu

• Queen Hatshepsut

important New Kingdom pharaoh who defended Egypt from invaders and strengthened defenses

• Khufu

• Queen Hatshepsut

• Ramses the Great

• Menes

known or talked about by many people

• infamous

• celebrated

• renowned

• unknown

of great quantity (amount); very large

• minuscule

• vast

• small

• micro

not likely to give way or change; firmly fixed

• rigid

• stable

• inflexible

• vast

an imaginary creature with the head of a person or animal and the body of a lion, often depicted in ancient Egyptian status

• pyramid

• sphinx

• Ahmose

• Kush

first ruler of the New Kingdom

• Menes

• Kush

• Ahmose

• Ramses the Great