An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation

a triangular area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river

Largest desert in the world

The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around

A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year.

an artificial waterway

The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.

a residue that settles in the bottom of something

The runoff produced by melting snow

a pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society

a ranking of people into higher or lower positions of respect

another term for the power elite

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

A professional writer

a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.

Belief in many gods

a life believed to follow death

the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth

a large stone coffin

A government controlled by religious leaders

A proposed or adopted course or principle of action

relating to the armed forces or to soldiers, arms, or war

Capture or taking of something by force

a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

ancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols for ideas or sounds

What the Egyptians put Hieroglyphics on, less durable than clay but also a lot easier to write on

Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

A struggle between opposing forces

A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 BCE

Egyptian queen, she worked to increase trade with places outside of Egypt and ordered many impressive monuments and temples built during her reign.

Egyptian pharaoh, he died while still a young king. The discovery of his tomb in 1922 has taught archaeologists much about Egyptian culture.

Egyptian Pharaoh he expanded the kingdom and built lasting temples at Karnak, Luxor, and Abu Simbel. He is often considered one of Egypt's greatest rulers.