week 6

1.

• delta-it begins about 100 miles before the river enters the mediterranean
• narmer-he created a double crown from the red and white crowns
• pharaohs-these are egyptian god kings which were thought to be splended and powerful as the gods of the heavens 
• theocracy-type of government which rule is based on religious authority
• pyramid-the resting place for the kings of the old kingdom
• mummification- involves embaling and drying the corpseto prevent it from decaying
• hieroglyphics-a form of writing where a picture stood for an idea
• papyrus-paper like sheet made by the egyptians, used as a writing surface\

3. because the hot dry desert protected the civiliztions along the nile from enemies.
4. they viewed the pharaoh as like a god and was splended and powerful.
5. to preserve the bodies over a long period of time while it is stored in the pyramid.