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| a point in a river where the water runs very rapidly over rocks |
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| a pictographic, phonographic, and ideographic language used by the ancient Egyptians |
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| an area of land where a river splits at least once before emptying into a sea |
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| a very narrow area of land surrounded by water that connects two larger areas of land |
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| writing surface used by the Egyptians; made from pressing of a papyrus plant |
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| provinces of Egypt, each ruled by a nomarch |
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| having domination or a lot of influence over a country |
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| the ruler of Egypt; worshipped as an actual god by his/her people |
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| a family that rules over a country for generations |
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| stone slab that has a drawing or writing and is treated as a monument |
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| having one type of people in a country |
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| a type of government where one person has complete power |
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| the ability for someone to move between social classes |
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| the economical and social hierarchy that categorizes each group of people in a state into a class |
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| a method of measuring the year based on the cycle of the sun instead of the phases of the moon; much more precise and accurate than lunar calendar |
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| a method of measuring the year based on the phases of the moon; year begins at harvest time |
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