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Page 1: Illustrated Glossary. barge hunttheartist.com a broad flat-bottomed boat

Illustrated Glossary

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barge

hunttheartist.com

a broad flat-bottomed boat

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canal

www.holidaytoegypt.com.uk

artificial waterway for boats or for draining or irrigating land

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carp

www.dpi.nsw.gov.au

a large Asian freshwater fish often raised for food

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cartouche

a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends

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civilization

www.library.csi.cuny.edu

the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

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code

en.wikipedia.org

a collection of laws arranged in some orderly way

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Egypt

www.worldatlas.com

a country in northeastern Africa

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Fertile Crescent

www.mrdowling.com

a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates

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flooding

www.panoramio.com

covering or filling with water

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gender

the social and cultural differences between males or females

www.pokeyournose.com

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harpoon

etc.usf.edu

a barbed spear used especially in hunting large fish

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hieroglyphics

en.wikipedia.org

writing made up of pictorial symbols

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Indus River Valley

www.rivervalleycivilizations.com

major river valley in Asia which flows through what is today Pakistan

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irrigation

nrcca.cals.cornell.edu

supplying with water by artificial means

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job specialization

an unwritten agreement within a community under which the members most suited perform that

occupation

historyohya.wikispaces.com

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Khemet

khemet.net

term ancient Egyptians used as the official name of their land

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law

www.thenagain.info

a rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the government

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levees

www.johntyman.com

a bank built along a river to prevent flooding

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Mesopotamia

the land between two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)

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nobles

factsanddetails.com

belonging to a high class that has special social or political status

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obelisk

www.veteranstoday.com

a four-sided pillar that becomes narrower toward the top and ends in a pyramid

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papyrus

a plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which one can write

en.wikipedia.org

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peasants

www.touregypt.net

members of a social class of low rank who worked in the fields

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perch

www.maine.gov

freshwater fish that is yellowish with dark green vertical stripes and is a popular food

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Pharaoh

www.illustratorworld.com

the ruler of ancient Egypt

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polytheism

geowalz1.wikispaces.com

belief in many gods

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pyramid

en.wikipedia.org

a massive structure that served as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh and high officials

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scribe

www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk

a class of scholars and copiers who were central to the functioning of government, the army and the priesthood

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shaduf

hand-operated device for lifting water

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Social Pyramid

www.glogster.com

shows the levels of each social class in terms of importance

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sphinx

en.wikipedia.org

an ancient Egyptian image having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk

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temple

old-history.tripod.com

a building for worship

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tilapia

www.mexfish.com

freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes

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vizier

a high official

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