Brianna Stokes

the flat,fan-shaped land made of silt

flows north into Africa and empties into Mesopatamia

the joining of separate parts

the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt

Egypt from about 2700 B.C. to about 2200 B.C.

the process of preserving a dead body 

a massive structure built of stone

the ancient Egyptian system of writing

a kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile

the way a country manages money and resources

 King of Upper Egypt

Egyptian Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid

found out how to read hieroglyphics 

a group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason 

one of Egypt's few female pharaohs 

 became a pharaoh in 1379 B.C.

 ruled for 67 years, wise and powerful leader

a steep rapid in a river

a diagram illustrating the social order divisions within a culture