Vocabulary WordsK_______: A god who controlled the f__________of the Nile. Click here -

C_________: Rushing water forming w___________ and rapids as it rushes through stone c_______and boulders.

D_________: T________of muddy wetlands where a river divides into many small channels and streams. It has rich soil for f____________.

B_______ Land: Dark soiled valley of f_______ land near the Nile River.

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Vocabulary Words

R_____ Land: D________area in Egypt.

P__________: Long, thin r_______ that grew wild along the riverbanks of the N_____. We get our word paper from papyrus.

D__________A series of rulers from the s________ f___________

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apyrus eedsile

ynasty: ame amily.

Vocabulary WordsCar_________: An o_____ shaped inscription with a king or queen’s name written in h____________. The cartouche was an elongated version of the shen rope within which two of the king's names (his b_______ name and his t_________ name) were written.

Cartouche of Ramses III

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html

touche val

ieroglyphs

irthhrone

Vocabulary WordsSarcophagus: A c________. The o________of the Egyptian sarcophagus usually had the king or queen’s c_________, a picture of their head and h_____, symbols of their reign, and pictures of g____ and goddesses.

http://aegypten.tripod.com/giza_e.htm#museum1http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/Artifacts/Artifacts.1.html

offin utside

artouche andsods

4___ BC3300

3100

3000

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2181

2055-

1650

1570-1070

Egypt begins to f______

Separate kings in u______and lower Egypt

Upper Egypt c_______ lower Egypt

Hieroglyphics i __________

G______ pyramids built

O__Kingdom

M____ Kingdom

N___ Kingdom

Egypt grew s________

Egypt became a w___ power

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Rivers flow n_____ to south

Flat p_____, not protected from i________

No predictable fl______

H______ to farm than in Egypt

Rivers give l__

Rivers f______

B___ irrigation channels

Life based on f______

Mineral-r____soil

Nile flows south to n______

Boundaries are p_______ from invaders

Predictable f________

E_____ to farm than in Mesopotamia

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www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ middle_east/77427http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/teachers/images/earth/geography/Nile_L.jpg

Egypt’s Delta area:

www.deskpicture.com/DPs/Places/ SatViews/NileDelta_1.html

What sea is this?

Egypt’s “Black Land” is where the soil is rich with mineraldeposits and has water available for farming. Most of this landfound in Egypt’s delta area.

This is what the “Red Land”, especially the desert area east of the Nile River looks like.

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/egindex.htm

http://www.usu.edu/anthro/origins_of_writing/writing_medium/

The plant was used to make writing material, ropes, mats, boxes, sandals and other miscel-laneous items.

Papyrus was grown and harvested in great abundance in the marshy delta of the Nile River where Egypt is located.

Ramses I, Ramses II and Ramses III were a dynasty.

eap.ucop.edu/eap/country/ egypt/default.htm

Here are a few Egyptian hieroglyphs. For extra credit, Look up hieroglyphs on the Internet and figure out how to write yourfirst name in Egyptian hieroglyphs.

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/egindex.htm