Nubia
How long ago did civilization emerge in Nubia?
5,218 years
What tools did the Egyptians use for farming?
wooden digging sticks
Who was the first king to wear the double crown?
Menes
to unite, combine, or bring together.
Unify
What caused the soil deposits at the Nile delta?
the flowing waters of the Nile Northward.
What tools did the Nubia use for farming?
sturdier farming tools
WHY?? because the soil was rocky
For what goods did Egypt rely on Nubia?
gold, ivory, cattle, and ostrich feathers.
What makes Manetho so important to historians?
He kept records.
a form of writing based on pictures.
Hieroglyphics
What was the “black land” in Egypt? How did it get its name?
1. The blank land was the land near the Nile where farmers planted seeds.
2. the land was very fertile.
Why do you think the Nubians and Egyptians borrowed from each other’s culture?
they didn’t have enough things for their own culture and the other cultures had things that they didn’t have that they wanted.
What events led to the decline of Egyptian civilization?
The Nubian Kingdom of Kush
What types of information did scribes record?
how much wheat was harvested and how many taxes farmers owed to the government.
a large stone building to serve as a house for the dead.
Pyramid
What problems might have been caused by the Nile?
roadblocks for travelers, and floodings.
What do Egypt, Nubia, and Kush have in common?
The Nile River is running through all of them.
Why do you think no one has been able to decode Meroitic?
They don’t know the exact ways of Nubian writing and they are just basing it off Egyptians. They also didn’t want very many people learning it.
Why was hieroglyphic writing made so difficult?
they only wanted a few people learning it.
a preserved dead body.
Mummy
Explain the steps the Egyptians used to make paper?
1.to make paper are cutting thin strips from the plants stem 2.then press them together 3.finally when it is dried it will produce a smooth surface.
Describe the role of women in the kingdom of Kush.
They become queens and led the military in battle. They also built great monuments.
What made the Egyptian economy more prosperous?
They traded with people North and South.
Why were pharaohs mummified?
they believed the bodies of pharaohs needed to be preserved.
the way people use and manage resources
Economy
What natural occurrence might the Egyptians have believed the god Amon-Ra helped explain?
Rising and setting of the sun.