Vocabulary
- Cataract: A waterfall
Significance: In the Nile River, there are many cataracts in the south. - Delta: An area near a river's mouth
Significance: People of Egypt would drink water from the delta. - Silt: A fine soil
Significance: The silt was good for growing crops. - Fertile: Good for growing crops
Significance: Fertile soil was the best soil, with rich nutrients, for growing crops. - Linen: Lightweight cloth great to wear on hot days
Significance: While building pyramids in hot weather, linen would be great. - Red land, Black land: Red land was so hot, the sand looked red. Black land had so much fertile soil, it looked black.
Significance: Red land was so hot, it was like a defensive mechanism. Black land had great soil to grow surpluses. - Scribes: People whose jobs were to write and keep records
Significance: Scribes could keep track of business. - Hieroglyphs: A writing system developed by the Egyptians
Significance: Scribes used hieroglyphics. - Papyrus: A paper-like material used for writing
Significance: Scribes would use this to write on. - Afterlife: The life believed after death
Significance: Afterlife was involved in many religious ways. - Embalm: To preserve the body after death
Significance: Embalm would be used quite lots. - Mummy: A dead body dried so it won't decay
Significance: Mummies were often made in Egypt - Dynasty: A line of rulers from the same family
Significance: Leaders like Khufu had many children so his dynasty would last long - Succession: The order in which members of the royal family take the throne
Significance: There was a big succession in Khufu's family - Pharaoh: The king of Egypt
Significance: Egypt had many different pharaohs - Pyramid: A structure shaped like a triangle, with 4 sides that meet at a point
Significance: Pyramids were originally made in Egypt - Step pyramid: A pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps
Significance: These were made before smooth pyramids - Khufu: A pharaoh that wanted a powerful building that was as powerful as him
Significance: He had many wives to make his dynasty last long - Hatshepsut: The first female to be a pharoh
Significance: Ruled before King Tut - Obelisk: A four-sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top
Significance: These were built before pyramids - Ramses II: The king after "King tut"
Significance: Ramses was often called, "The greatest pharaoh of Egypt"