Kingdoms
These two were the earliest kingdoms in Egypt
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
This river is where Egypt and Nubia settled
What is the Nile?
This title was used for the rulers of Ancient Egypt
What is pharaoh?
This modern day country is where Nubia was located
What is Sudan?
This kingdom was known for building the pyramids
What is the Old Kingdom?
This grew along the Nile and was used for paper
What is papyrus?
This means that the rulers come from one family
What is a dynasty?
This is the final dynasty that rules over Kush
What is the 25th Dynasty?
This kingdom conquered Egypt after the Egyptians conquered them
What is Kush?
These were used as protection from possible invaders
What are cataracts?
A system of writing in Ancient Egypt that used picture and symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
This capital city of Nubia was known for its importance in trade
What is Napata?
This king united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Narmer?
The Nile River runs through these modern day African countries
What are Egypt and Sudan?
A practice used to preserve bodies
What is mummification?
The final capital of Kush, Meroe, was known for this?
What is iron production?
This kingdom conquered Kush and was the last of the Egyptian kingdoms
What is the New Kingdom?
With these yearly events, new soil was brought up to the surface and made farming easier
What are floods?
This is the name of the iron making capital of the Kushite kingdom
What is Meroe?
The Kushites conquered this country
What is Egypt?