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| watering of dry land by means of streams, canals, ditches or pipes |
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| another word for farming, or cultivation |
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| used as tombs where pharaohs were buried |
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| a country's use of workers and resources to produce goods and services |
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| discovered tomb of King Tutankhamen |
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| nomads who conquered Egypt around 1800 B.C. |
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-flows south to north into Mediterranean Sea
-therefore, Lower Egypt is to the north |
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| land made by deposits at mouth of river |
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| Egyptain paper made from reeds |
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| groups of lands and people under one government |
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| a neccessary part of civilization, laws |
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| they could own property in Egypt |
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-Egypt's supreme ruler
-worshipped by people as a God |
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-people trained to write hieroglyphics
- wrote mostly about religion and goverment |
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-of Nile River caused land to be fertile
-floods followed East Africa's rainy season |
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| major contributor to growth of civilization |
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-first womand ruler known in history
-greatly increased Egypt's wealth by trade |
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| helpe scholars learn meaning of Egyptian hirogyliphics |
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| mostly desert except for fertile ribbon of land along Nile River |
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| where many pharaohs and rulers were buried |
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| pharaoh who ordered construction of Great Pyramid |
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