Kush Final Quiz WOOOOOO

The Nubians were not the only civilization along the…?

Nile River

They Lived on the Nile south of Egypt- later known as…?

Kush

They were … they herded cattle along the …?

Cattle herders, savannas

Nubia received plenty of rainfall. As a result, they did not need water from the Nile. They settled in …, grew crops, and hunted with …?

villages, bows and arrows

Nubian villages took over … villages and formed the kingdom of …?

Weaker, Kerma

Farming and mining … made Kerma …

Gold, wealthy

Kerma was an important…

trade center

Egyptians traded with Kerma for cattle, gold, ivory, and enslaved people. They also hired Nubians to fight in their…

armies

Kerma’s craft-makers made fine pottery, jewelry, and metal goods. Like the Egyptian pharaohs, the Nubian kings were also…

buried in tombs that held gold, jewelry, and pottery.

In 1400 B.C., the Egyptian pharaoh… invaded Nubia. After a … year war, the Egyptians conquered the kingdom of Kush and ruled for the next… years.

Thutmose III, 50, 700

The Nubians adopted many customs and beliefs while they ruled by Egypt such as…

Adopting Egyptian ways, worshipping Egyptian gods and goddesses, worked with copper and bronze, and adapted Egyptian hieroglyphs to their own language.

By the end of the… kingdom, Egypt is weak and could not govern its conquered people. The Nubians break away from Egyptian rule.

Middle

850 B.C.- the Nubians form an independent kingdom known as … The kings rule from the capital…

Kush, Napata

The city of Napata was located where trade caravans… the upper part of the Nile River. Trade caravans carried gold, ivory, valuable woods, and other goods from Kush to Egypt, Trades and kings became…

crossed, wealthy

750 B.C.- a Kushite king named Kashta began the conquest of Egypt. His son, …, completed the conquest in …He ruled both Egypt and Kush from the city of Napata. Taharqa was the son of…

Piye, 728 BC, Piye

The kings of Kush built white sandstone monuments and temples similar to those built by the …

Egyptians

The Kushites also built small steeply-sloped … in which to bury their kings

pyramids

They also believed in close relationship between their rulers and their …, many of whom were Egyptian

deities

When a king died, Kushite officials asked the Egyptian god Amon-Re to … a new leader.

appoint

The Kushites were also influenced by southern … and followed aspects of their customs and styles. The Kushites had their own styles as well. They created pottery. The … was a sacred animal and was used as a theme in sculpture and other arts.

Africans, elephants

Kush ruled Egypt for … years

60

In 671 BC, the Assyrians invaded Egypt. The Assyrians had… weapons which were much stronger than the bronze weapons the Kushites had to fight. The Kushites were defeated. The Kushites fled Egypt and returned to their homeland in the south.

Iron

The Kushites learned the secret of making … from the Assyrians. The Kushites became the first … to make iron. The farmers used the iron to make stronger… Better farming tools allowed them to grow more… Kush’s warriors also began using the iron spear and swords. Their … became stronger. Traders from Kush carried iron products and enslaved peoples to Arabia, India, and China. In return, they brought back cotton, textiles, and other goods.

iron, Africans, plows, crops, armies

In about 540 BC, Kush rulers moved to the city of Meroe. It became the…

capital

Meroe was near the Nile river and it had… and trees for…

iron ore, fuel

Meroe became an … making center. Kush kings rebuilt Meroe to look like an.... city.

iron, ancient Egyptian

Meroe became an important center of … in the ancient world. Kush’s merchants traded… and textiles and other goods from Arabia, India, China, and Rome.

trade, leopard skin

For… years, Kush remained a great trading kingdom. By AD 200 the kingdom began to weaken.

600

Another kingdom called… grew stronger took its place.

Axum

Axum benefited from its location on the…

Red Sea

Goods from Africa flowed into Axum. It served as a … center for the ancient world.

trading

Around …, the armies of Axum invaded Kush and burned Meroe to the ground

AD 350