Geography
Trade
Struggles
Kush
Downfall
100
Pastoral nomads who herded cattle
What is Nubia?
100
Nubia imported goods such as leopard skins, ebony, ivory, and spices from here
What is the south?
100
By 2600 BC, the Egyptians controlled these routes in northern Nubia
What were the trade routes?
100
The Kushite's new capital city where they are free from Egyptian rule
What is Napata?
100
Egypt is invaded by these peoples and the Kushites retreat to Napata.
Who are the Assyrians?
200
The main source of water
What is the Nile?
200
Then the Nubians would do this with the goods from the south.
What is export them to the north?
200
In 2000BC, northern Nubia struggled again as Egypt did this with their lands and many Nubians took on Egyptian ways and customs.
What is annex?
200
In 750 BC, the Kushite king, King Kashta, captured this place
What is Upper Egypt?
200
Taharqa dies and the Assyrians attack here
What is Napata?
300
The climate of Nubia
What is very little rain?
300
Importing and exporting goods created this type of relationship between Nubia and Egypt
What is commercial?
300
Also in 2000 BC, this new kingdom forms in southern Nubia.
What is Kush?
300
King Kashta's son, Piya, conquers this place, and all of Egypt comes under Kushite control
What is Lower Egypt?
300
This new Kushite capital city was established near the sixth cataract of the Nile River.
What is Meroe?
400
Landforms along the Nile in Nubia
What is high cliffs?
400
As a result of trade flourishing in Nubia, so did Nubia's this.
What is their economy?
400
The Kushites force the Egyptians out of here
What is Nubia?
400
Piye's brother that rules of pharaoh beginning Dynasty 25 in Egypt
Who was Shabaka?
400
Meroe's importance as a trading center is weakened over time, and these people begin to attack Kushite towns.
Who were the Axumites?
500
Nubia's land along the Nile River was very different from Egypt's. Travel along the boulders an rapids to encounter these difficult natural wonders.
What are cataracts?
500
Nubia's resources that Egyptians wanted
What is gold, copper, and stone?
500
The Kushite capital that grew wealthy as it developed as a center of trade
What is Kerma?
500
This pharaoh rules the Kushite dynasty and organizes many building projects including temples
Who is Taharqa?
500
The Kushites are defeated by the Axumites, and by the end of this century, the Kushite civilization had fallen
What is the fourth century?
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