Along the Nile
This river provided the water that made civilization possible in Egypt and Kush.
What is the Nile River?
Most ancient Egyptians practiced this type of religion, which involves worshiping many gods.
What is polytheism?
These large stone structures served as tombs for many pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
This title belonged to Egypt’s ruler, who was also considered a living god.
What is a pharaoh?
These annual events left fertile soil along the Nile and helped farmers grow crops.
What are floods?
Located south of Egypt, Kush developed in this region.
What is Nubia?
Egyptians preserved bodies through mummification to prepare people for this existence after death.
What is the afterlife?
This Egyptian writing system used symbols to communicate sounds, words, and ideas.
What are hieroglyphics?
This term describes a group of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Egyptians grew these two grain crops along the Nile.
What are barley and wheat?
This fan-shaped region forms where a river deposits soil near its mouth.
What is a delta?
This Egyptian god was associated with mummification and cemeteries.
Who is Anubis?
Egyptians made this paper-like writing material from plants that grew along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
Also called Narmer, this ruler is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
Deposits near Meroë allowed Kushites to use this metal to make tools and weapons stronger than bronze ones.
What is iron?
These rocky sections of the Nile protected Kush but also made river transportation dangerous.
What are cataracts?
This concept of harmony and balance guided behavior and the responsibilities of the pharaoh.
What is ma’at?
Scholars used the Greek writing on this discovery to help decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This female pharaoh increased Egypt’s wealth through trade and supported major building projects.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Name two of the three goods Egypt wanted from Kush: a precious metal, elephant tusks, and a dark wood.
What are any two of gold, ivory, and ebony?
Although it was in the south, this region was north farther upstream along the Nile.
What is Upper Egypt?
Kush worshipped this lion-headed warrior god in addition to adopting several Egyptian gods.
Who is Apedemak?
Historians have not fully decoded this Kushite writing system, limiting what they know about Kush.
What is Meroitic script?
This invading group introduced chariots and bronze weapons and helped bring the Middle Kingdom to an end.
Who were the Hyksos?
This trading center attracted routes away from Kush, and its army eventually destroyed Meroë.
What is Aksum?