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| 202985454 | mummification | embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy | 0 | |
| 202985455 | Nubia | an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile | 1 | |
| 202985456 | Bantu | a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent | 2 | |
| 202985457 | Egypt | an ancient empire west of Israel | 3 | |
| 202985458 | Nile River | the world's longest river (4180 miles) Good for trade and transporting goods | 4 | |
| 202985459 | Archaic Period | after the dark ages; farming reestablished; used iron; adoption of alphabet; revival of some trade; migration to ionian(to help them against persia) | 5 | |
| 202985460 | Menes | king of upper egypt united the two kingdoms of upper and lower egypt | 6 | |
| 202985461 | Old Kingdom | 2700 BC - 2200 BC. Upper and Lower Egypt kept separate kingdoms, but later built unified government. Developed basic features of its civilization. BUILT THE PYRAMIDS: an eternal resting place for their god-kings. | 7 | |
| 202985462 | Pharoh | a ruler of ancient Egypt | 8 | |
| 202985463 | Pyramids | monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs. | 9 | |
| 202985464 | Hyksos | the people who invaded Egypt thus beginning the second Intermediate period during which the Hyksos ( a word meaning "foreigner) ruled as pharaohs in Lower Egypt and exacted tribute from the royal families in Thebes. | 10 | |
| 202985465 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. | 11 | |
| 202985466 | Middle Kingdom | 2050 BC. - 1800 BC.: A new dynasty reunited Egypt. Moved the capital to Thebes. Built irrigation projects and canal between NIle and Red Sea so Egytian ships could trade along coasts of Arabian Penninsula and East Africa. Expanded Egyptian territory:Nubia, Syria. | 12 | |
| 202985467 | New Kingdom | the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory | 13 | |
| 202985468 | Tuthmosis III | Stepson of Hatshepsut, he lead the military expeditions during her reign. When he became Pharaoh, he enlisted thousands of men to help him capture more land than any other Pharaoh before him. At the time, he ruled the largest empire ever ruled by one king. | 14 | |
| 203498419 | Hatshepsut | Queen of Egypt (1473-1458 B.C.E.). Dispatched a naval expedition down the Red Sea to Punt (possibly Somalia), the faraway source of myrrh. There is evidence of opposition to a woman as ruler, and after her death her name was frequently expunged. (p.66) | 15 | |
| 203498420 | Amon-Re | chief god; protected the rich and the poor; judged all human afairs; sun god; born in east, died in west | 16 | |
| 203498421 | hieratic script | a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics | 17 | |
| 203498422 | hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 18 | |
| 203498423 | Meroitic Writing | Nubian script, extremely hard to decode | 19 | |
| 203498424 | Akhenaton | early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC) | 20 | |
| 203498425 | Aten | Represented as the sons disc with rays, Aten was the Lord of the Heaven and Earth. He became the most important god during the reign of Akhenaten. | 21 | |
| 203498426 | cult of Osiris | Cult worshipping the god of the dead and his wife, Isis, who - after every harvest - brings him back to life | 22 | |
| 203498427 | Sebiumeker | Egyptian god, protector of humans | 23 | |
| 204104461 | Bantu migrations | farmers and herders who migrated south and spread language and skills-1000BC - 1000AD | 24 |
