Reading Guide Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
“gift of the nile”
A
the fertile soil bc the rest of the area was desert and the nile helped with natural irrigation. also the flooding at the end of each summer helped with the seasonal crops
2
Q
hieroglyphics
A
the characters in a writing system based on the use of pictograms or ideograms. used in ancient egypt. depict people, animals, and objects and represent words, syllables or sounds
3
Q
nome
A
an administrative district in ancient egypt
