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These are words that are related to Egypt in one way or another
Picture and Word: Defenition: Significance
Cataract
Delta
A descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size.
A nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river
Shadoof
A device used in for raising water,especially for irrigation, consisting of a long suspended rod with abucket at one end and a weight at the other.
Designating or pertaining to a pictographic script,particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recog-nizable pictures of the thingsrepresented.
Hieroglyph
Papyrus
Pharaoh
A tall, aquatic plant that is used to make a material on which to write
A title of an ancient Egyptian king
Incense
An aromatic stick producing a sweet odor
when burned, used in religious ceremo-nies, to enhance a mood, etc.
Black land/soil
Rich farming soil, very good for using to farm and grow crops
Red Land
A stretch of barren desert with no growing life
Bureaucrats
Envoys
Dynasty
An official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.
A diplomatic agent or an accredited messenger or representative
A sequence of rulers from the same family
Embalming
To treat a dead body so as to preserve it
Theocracy
A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler
A tall 3D triangle that is used to store royal, embalmed bodies
Pyramid
Lots of cataracts where in the Nile river
The Nile river branches out into a delta that lets out into the Medeteranian sea, creating a great marsh land that stops invaders
The Egyptians used shadoofs when the Nile wasn't flooded over so they could get water to their crops
The Egyptians created hieroglyphics to communicate things on pillars and in tombs
The Egyptians found the way to make papyrus into a form of paper, instead of using clay tablets
The Egyptians had a king called a pharaoh that held much power and was very much respected
Egyptians burned incense to worship their gods
The Egyptians used the black soil around the Nile to farm their crops
The Egyptians were surrounded by desert red land except for the Nile (that provided black soil)
Pharaohs had bureaucrats at their sides to help the pharaoh with goverment duties
Egypt sent envoys to make peace of give a message, as the picture is actually of a envoy that was sent from the Hitties to Egypt to sign a peace treaty
There were very many dynasties of pharaohs that ruled Egypt
The Egyptians developed the ways of embalming so that they could keep their royals' bodie's perserved
The Egyptians had theocracy in their goverment, as they strongly honored their gods as the top and allpowerful
The Egyptians developed the pyramids as a burial house for their royal. They thought that the royal's soul would need a place to live in the Afterlife