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Details Title: Ch 4 Egypt HMS Description: Hum Heritage vocab (HMS) Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 12/08/2004 04:35:55	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term survey Definition measure Term papyrus Definition paper made from the papyrus reed Term Tutankhamen Definition 9 year old pharaoh; son-in-law of Amenhotep IV Term Amenhotep Definition pharaoh who created a monotheisitc religion Term Akhenaton Definition Amenhotep's new name; "Spirit of Aton" Term Aton Definition Amenhotep's one god Term hieroglyphic Definition writing in which pictures stand for words or sounds Term Amon-Re Definition New Kingdom god; Amon (god of Thebes) and Re (Sun god) Term Thebes Definition capital of Egypt in the New Kingdom Term Hatshepsut Definition female pharaoh nor interested in war; stepmother of Thutmose III Term Ahmose Definition Egyptian prince who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt Term embalming Definition preserving the bodies of the dead Term pyramids Definition great tombs for the pharaohs built on the west bank of the Nile Term pharaoh Definition a ruler, a priest, and a god; means "great house" Term Narmer Definition king of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt and created a capital at Memphis; also called Menes Term shadoof Definition machine to lift water from the Nile into the basins Term delta Definition fan shaped area of fertile land where a river meets a larger body of water Term cataracts Definition waterfalls Term Hyksos Definition western Asian people who invaded Egypt and ended the Middle Kingdom; forced out by Ahmose Term mummy Definition linen-wrapped body of an embalmed dead person Term Hapi Definition river god Term Osiris Definition god of harvest and eternal life Term Isis Definition wife of Osiris; ruled underworld with him Term Upper Egypt Definition located in southern Egypt; one of the 2 kingdoms that existed before the Old Kingdom began