Egypt Vocab #1

Nile River

• Located in Ancient China

• Longest river in the world that made civilization in Egypt possible

• Very polluted making growing difficult

• It begins near the equator in Africa and flows north to the Mediterranean Sea

Upper Egypt

• Southern part of Egypt

• Northern part of Egypt

• Western part of Egypt

Lower Egypt

• Western part of Egypt

• Southern part of Egypt

• Northern part of Egypt

Delta

• 500-year period of Egyptian history

• A section of the Nile River with rapids and rocky terrain

• fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river

• a stream that flows south

Cataract

• A section of the Nile River with rapids and rocky terrain

• fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river

• longest river in the world

• most successful period of Egyptian history that took place from 1550 BCE to 1050 BCE

Old Kingdom

• 500-year period of Egyptian history began building the pyramids

• Stable period of Egyptian history

• known as the "Golden Age"

• Most successful period of Egyptian history

The most successful period of Egyptian history known as the "Golden Age"

• Old Kingdom

• Middle kingdom

• New Kingdom

Pharaoh and strong military leader who expanded his kingdom

• Hatshepsut

• Ramses

• Cleopatra

Successful female pharaoh who increased trade and ruled for 20 years

• Ramses

• Cleopatra

• Hatshepsut