myrrh
a small, round grain used in North African and Middle Eastern cooking
monotheism
convert
the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
caliph
a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times
the chief Muslim government and religious leader
a person who believes in the strict interpretation of religious laws
pharaoh
hieroglyphics
couscous
the belief in one god
Rosetta Stone
fundamentalist
the title given to a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt
a stone slab, found in 1799, that made it possible to decode ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
to change from one thing to another, usually regarding religion