What other name is sometimes used to describe the Kingdom of Kush?
What is Nubia?
100
The Kingdom of Kush was located south of what major civilization?
What is Egypt?
100
What social class is at the top of Ancient Egypt's social structure?
What is pharaohs?
100
The fighters of Kush were famous for using what type of weapons?
What is bow and arrow?
100
What two resources helped the Kingdom of Kush to become wealthy and powerful?
What is iron and gold?
200
What major river flowed through much of Kush?
What is the Nile River?
200
What social class is at the bottom of Ancient Egypt's social structure?
What are servants and slaves?
200
Why was iron important to the people of Kush?
What is because it was used to make strong tools and weapons?
200
An important way historians learn about ancient Kush is through what?
What is Egyptian tomb wall paintings?
300
True or False: The Kingdom of Kush built pyramids at burial sites?
What is true?
300
Why was Kush also called Nubia?
What is because of its rich god mines?
300
What was the most important social class in Kush after the rulers?
What are Priests?
300
What technology enabled Assyria to defeat Kush?
What is iron weapons?
300
Meroe became especially well known for the production of what?
What is iron?
400
During which time period did Kush have to pay tribute to Egypt:
1. 1600 to 1100 B.C.E.
2. 720 to 630 B.C.E.
3. 590 to 24 B.C.E.
What is 1600 to 1100 B.C.E?
400
What physical features contributed to fertile soil and foreign trade in ancient Kush?
What is the Nile River?
400
True of False: Women are strictly forbidden to be leaders or involved in government affairs?
What is False?
400
What three things were the people of Nubia known to trade?
What is ivory, leather, and timber?
400
Worship of a lion-god in Kush reflected which influence of Kushite culture?
1. Arab
2. Greek
3. Indian
4. African
What is African?
500
What was the first capital city of the Kingdom of Kush?
What is Napata?
500
Which of these is the BEST example of a dynasty?
1. the emperor over Sumerian cities
2. the land the Assyrians conquered
3. military leaders who seized Rome
4. the 15th line of Egyptian rulers
What is the 15th line of Egyptian rulers?
500
How did the kandake Queen Amanienas help protect Kush?
What is by leading attacks on Roman forts?
500
How do records left by the Kushites after their separation from Egypt differ from earlier records of Kush? Hint: it is a native language called....
What is they were written in a native language called Meroitic?