Vocab

• Cataract: a larga, powerfull waterfall
• Delta: a plain formed were the river deposits sediments
• Artisan: a skilled worker who practices a handicraft
• Pharaoh: a king of egypt
• Dynasty: a group of rulers from the same family
• Bureaucracy: a system of many government officials who carry out rules and regulations.
• Mummy: a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose.
• Ancient Egyptian writing system used hieroglyphics
• Hieroglyphics: symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound.
• Papyrus: A type of paper
• Papyrus was named after the Papyrus reed that grew along the Nile
• Sculpture: statues made of clay, stone, or another material
• Anatomy: the study of the structure of the body and its organs
• Commerce: buying and selling goods and services
• Ivory: a hard white substance from the tusk of an elephant
• Ebony: black wood
• Interdependence: dependence of two or more countries on each other.
• One of the worlds first alphabets was the Meroitic script
• Meroitic script was invented in ancient Nubia