Early Settlement
provided food, fresh drinking water, & fertile soil:
rivers
had over 100 wives and children:
Ramses II/"Ramses the Great"
worked as farmers or built temples:
peasants
a valuable trading resource Kushites possessed:
gold
define monotheism:
the belief in one god
the shape of the land:
topography
died of suicide by snake bite:
Cleopatra
were the only people who could read and write:
scribes
female Kushite rulers were called:
kandakes
installed the Ten Commandments:
Moses
the types of plants/crops in an area:
vegetation
one of the first female pharaohs... ruled during the New Kingdom
Hatshepsut
toolmakers & sculptors:
artisans
the term used to describe Kush's culture when they were heavily influenced by Egypt:
"Egyptianized"
the document containing 613 mitzvahs:
the Torah
provided a trading route between Egypt & Kush:
Nile River
brought the arts to Egypt:
Senusret
believed to be gods:
pharaohs
Kush modeled their military tactics after:
the Assyrians
built Jerusalem's first temple:
Soloman
Describe an area people would NOT have settled in:
deserts/mountains...
too dry/too rocky
ordered the Great Pyramid of Giza to be built:
Khufu
collected tributes and led the military:
government officials
Kush's second capital city, located further away from Egypt's border:
Meroe
led his people out of Canaan:
Abraham