1. By: Abby Bonjour

2. . The Nile river begins in the heart of Africa and courses northward for more than 4,000 miles. It is the longest river in the world

3. The Land of the Nile Delta

4. The land up stream to the south

5. King Menes united upper and lower kingdom and created the first royal dynasty

6. A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within a family

7. The most common of the various titles for ancient Egyptian monarchs; the term originally meant “great house” or “palace”.

8. An administrative organization that relies on nonelective officials and regular procedures.

9. A high government official in ancient Egypt or in Muslim countries

10. A process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from decaying.

11. The place where the largest and greatest pyramid was built under King Khufu.

12. A group of western Asia. They used horse drawn war chariots to overwhelm the Egyptian soldiers who fought from donkey carts.

13. One of the first women to become a pharaoh- built a great temple at Deir el-Bahri, neir Thebes

14. The Pharaoh Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akenaten because he introduced worship to Aten and he thought Akenaten fit better with Aten.

15. Boy pharaoh who restored the old gods

16. Reigned from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. the egyptians went back on the offensive.

17. She tried to reestablish Egypt's independence. He involvement with Rome led to her defeat and suicide and Egypt became a province in Rome empire.

18. “priest-carving” or “sacred writings” a complex system of writing that used both pictures and more abstract forms; used by the ancient Egyptians and Mayans.

19. Simplified version of hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt for business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of the daily life.