Unit 5 Vocabulary

2. a fabric with a certain feel to it
3. the capital of Kush
7. form of government where religious leaders rule
10. a non elected official appointed to watch over a specific category of issues
11. a period of rule when the civilization is in relative peace & a prosperous economy
12. one who is the best at their profession
13. a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps keep track of its records
14. when someone gives something to someone else in return for something of equal value
15. the writing style of the Egyptians
18. a pharaoh who is widely accepted to be the one who ordered the Great Pyramid to be built
19. a brown, flat grassland covering parts of Africa
20. a famous priest, architect, engineer, and physician who made revolutionary discoveries in all his professions
22. where a river starts to "fan out" or branch out, creating extremely fertile soil
23. a people who ruled over the eastern Nile delta and were expelled by the Egyptians in the New Kingdom
24. a reed that grows in the Nile delta marshes that was used to make papyrus paper

1. an eye disease where a yellowish layer develops on the cornea, usually caused by the sun
4. a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point
5. a female pharaoh who had great accomplishments during her reign
6. a servant meant to do a certain thing for a man of high power
8. a very young pharaoh who died quite suddenly at 19
9. an item burned for its pleasant smell
16. a process in mummification
17. an irrigation tool used to carry water over from the levees of a controlled river
21. the supreme ruler of Egypt, thought to be a descendant of the gods
25. an Ethiopian empire whose capital city is Aksum