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Cataract
A cataract is a large waterfall.
Definition:
Significance: There are five cataracts in the Nile River.
Delta
Defintion: Delta's are wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
Significance: The Nile River is a perfect example of a delta.
Shadoof
Definition: A pole with a bucket and counterweight, especially used in ancient Egypt for raising water.
Significance: Shadoofs were used for raising water in ancient Egypt.
Papyrus
Definition: A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant. Used for writing, drawing, and also making rope, boats, and sandals.
Significance: Scribes in ancient Egypt used papyrus to write down imporatant events.
Incense
Defenition: A material that produces a pleasent smell when burned.
Significance: Egyptians burned incense, when in need of a plesant smell.
Envoys
Definition: A goverment representative to another country.
Significance: The Egyptians exchanged envoys.
Pyramid
Definition: A great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh.
Significance: Pyramids sometimes contained traps to keep burglers away.
Embalming
Definition: The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying.
Significance: Embalmers embalm the body to keep it from decaying.
Dynasty
Definition: A line of rulers from one family.
Significance: The 11th dynasty of pharoahs.
Theocracy
Definition: Goverment by religious leaders.
Significance: The Egyptians had a theocracy.
Bureaucrats
Definition: A goverment official.
Significance: The pharaoh appointed bureaucrats to carry out his orders.
Pharoah
Definition: Ruler of Ancient Egpyt.
Signifcance: There were many dynastys of pharoahs in ancient Egpyt.
Hieroglyph
Definition: A stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems.
Significance: Egyptians wote with hieroglyphics.
Red land, black land
Definiton: The 'black land' was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile. The 'red land' was thebarren desert that protected Egypt on two sides.
Significance: The Egyptians had the black land, and the red land.
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