writing lesson 2
what were heiroglyphics
developed one of the first writing systems using symbols and drawings to represent words or sounds
literature
what book did they create for the deceased
the book of the dead
architecture
name structures built
pyramids,temples,obelisks,sphinx
what were resources kush had
ivory,gold,wood,ebony
kush connected egypt to...
southern africa
what did they use to write on
papyrus
literatue
what types of literature did they use
poems,stories,religious texts, and histories
mathematics
what did they use to do with mathematics
geometry, number sense
were kush and egypt independent or interdependent
interdependent
kush connected egypt to their capital called...
meroe, located on trade routes
who kept records
scribes
art
where were paintings
walls of tombs and temples
science
what did they use that started with a c
chemistry
what did kush adopt from egypt
clothing,language, and religion
what helped historians understand hieroglyphics
rosetta stone
art
what did they also make considered to be art
sculptures and statues
science
what did astronomy help them with
the calender
why did they need grain from egypt
they did not fertile land to grow a surplus of food
science
what was anatomy
the study of the human body
why was it hard for kushites to travel
there were many cataracts in the Nile