CWP Ancient Egypt (Book) Name__________________

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Across

  1. refers to the "chief minister" that pharaohs depended on to supervise the government
  2. pharaoh that extended Egypt's borders to its largest size
  3. refers to the leaders of Ancient Egypt
  4. refers to the triangular area of marshland where silt is deposited at the mouth of a river
  5. group that was at the bottom of Egyptian society (52)
  6. name for "heaven" the Ancient Egyptians (51)
  7. which river was the lifeline for Ancient Egypt?
  8. group that conquered Egypt around 1700 BC (48)
  9. this sun god was the chief god of the Egyptians
  10. Egypt had this type of government which the ruler had political and religious power
  11. which group did the Egyptians sign what is considered the first "peace treaty" with? (49)
  12. female pharaoh that wore a beard to appear as a man

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  1. Egyptians wrote on this
  2. this was used by Jean Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
  3. god of the underworld (51)
  4. these served as tombs for pharaohs
  5. another name for the Old Kingdom because of the pyramids built during that time (48)
  6. writing system of Ancient Egypt
  7. refers to a "ruling family" (47)
  8. refers to the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and then wrapping them in cloth
  9. deciphered Egyptian writing with the Rosetta Stone
  10. used when a person died to help the soul journey through the afterlife (51)
  11. this was developed by mapping the heavens and stars, which helped Egyptians develop a 12 month calendar (54)
  12. reference to the "sun-baked" desert that stretches across N. Africa (46)
  13. Greek historian that said that without the Niile River, egypt would just be a barren desert (46)
  14. pharaoh that tried to change the polytheism of Ancient Egypt to the worship of only one god, Aton (52)


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