1. Egyptian Civilizations Chapter 2.2
Anna Raschein

2. Nile River
The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It begins in the heart of Africa and flows north for 4,000 miles. It splits into two major branches.

3. Also known as The Nile Delta.
Lower Egypt
Also known as The Nile Delta.

4. The land upstream and to the south is called Upper Egypt.

5. Menes
King Menes around 3100 B.C., united Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom. He also created the first royal denasty.

6. Family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family.
Dynasty
Family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family.

7. Pharaoh Originally meant “great house” or “palace”.
Most common titles of Egyptian monarchs.

8. An administrative organization with officials and regular procedures.
Bureaucracy
An administrative organization with officials and regular procedures.

9. Important office, the steward of the whole land.
Vizier
Important office, the steward of the whole land.

10. Mummification
Used to preserve the physical body after the person had died. It was slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting.

11. Where the famous Great Pyramid of King Khufu is.
Giza
Where the famous Great Pyramid of King Khufu is.

12. Hyksos
People from western Asia who invaded Egypt and took it over from the Middle Kingdom.

13. One of the first women to become a Pharaoh. Built a great temple.
Hatshepsut
One of the first women to become a Pharaoh. Built a great temple.

14. Amenhotep changed his name to Akhenaten.

15. Tutankhamen
Boy pharaoh who changed the gods back to the way they were before Akhenaten changed them.

16. Reigned form c. 1279 to 12123 B.C. and regained control of Palestine.
Ramses II
Reigned form c to B.C. and regained control of Palestine.

17. Cleopatra II
Tried to reestablish Egypt's independence. Was defeated and committed suicide.

18. The earliest Egyptian writing.
Hieroglyphics
The earliest Egyptian writing.

19. Highly simplified version of hieroglyphics.
Hieratic script
Highly simplified version of hieroglyphics.