ma’at
the ancient egyptian concept of truth, order, harmony, and justice
inundation
where a dry area is regularly or permanently flooded
cataract
the six rocky areas of rapids in the middle Nile Valley between Aswan and Khartoum
civilisation
a complex society that is characterised by urban development, social stratification, a form of government, and a system of writing
dynasty
a succession of people from the same family
pharaoh
originally, the royal palace in ancient egypt, the word came to be used for the egyptian king during the new kingdom