History Test Vocabulary Flashcards
mummification
a practice used by Egyptians drying of a dead body to prevent rotting
bureaucracy
the type of goverment in the Old Kingdom
chariots
horsedrawn vehicles that the Egyptians used fo war
pharaoh
the highest rulers in ancient Egypt
vizier
person in charge of the goverment in bureaucracy
hieroglyphics
a complex system of writting that implemeanted pictures used by Ancient Egypt
Giza
the city were the Great Pyramid is located
hieratic script
a simplified version of hieroglyphics using dashes and strokes
dynasty
a family of rulers having the right to rule being passed down
The Old Kingdom
2686-2181 B.C
When they bet ilt the famous pyramids. Egypts first dynasty
The Middle Kingdom
2200-1782 B.C
a new royal dynasty gained control ,period of the expansion and stability
The New Kingdom
Hyskos ruled much of Egypt for around one hundred years.A new dynasty came and defeated th Hyskos.New Kingdom was established 1567-1085 B.C
red lands
were on both sides of the Nile.Were unhabited hot desserts
black lands
fertile lands near the Nile river
Upper Egypt
the south region of Egypt
