Geography
The city that served as the capital before Meroe.
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What is Napata?
The queen that defended Kush from the Romans.
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Who is Queen Amanirenas?
Along with fire,it is what did Kushites used to heat up iron deposits.
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What is charcoal?
The area that had more power over the Kushites during about 1600 to 1100 B.C.E
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What is Egypt?
A family or group that rules for several generations is called this.
What is a dynasty?
Of Kush and Egypt, the territory that is larger.
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What is Egypt?
The language Kush invented.
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What is Meroitic?
What the Kushites crafted that was the same thing that the Assyrians made?
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What are iron weapons?
The area that had more power because they had iron weapons before Kush.
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Who are the Assyrians?
A person who shoots with a bow and arrow
What is an archer?
The two major trading cities that were next to the Nile River in Kush.
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What are Napata and Meroe?
The sea Kush used to transport goods.
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What is the Red Sea?
The Kushites used this to make charcoal.
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What is wood/trees?
The group that tried to take over Kush after Egypt fell and then signed a peace treaty with them.
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Who are the Romans?
A powerful female leader who co-ruled Kush with her husband and sons.
Who is a kandake?
The city was 300 miles south of Napata that became the new capital of Kush.
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What is Meroe?
Kush thrived for approximately this many years.
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What is about 2300 years? (2000 BCE - 350CE)
Two of the 3 weapons made from iron.
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What are spears, arrows, and/or swords?
The area that had more power after Egypt fell into chaos around 1100 B.C.E.?
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What is Kush?
A written agreement by which 2 or more states agree to be peaceful.
What is a treaty?
An area that Kush traded with.
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What are China, Romans, other African kingdoms, Arabia, or India?
Another name for Kush that comes from the Egyptian word for gold.
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What is Nubia?
The tool Kushites used to for clearing forests.
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What are axes?
This king, after conquering Egypt, declared himself a pharaoh and unified Kush and Egypt.
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Who is King Piye?
Kush's location and natural resources made it an important center for exchanging goods, otherwise known as this.
What is a trading hub?