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