A grassy plain that stretches across Africa south of the Sahara.
What is a savanna.
100
It is estimated that the Nubians arrived in Kush in this year.
What is 2000 B.C.
100
The Egyptian pharaoh _______________sent his armies into Nubia in 1400 B.C.
Who is Thutmose III.
100
Traders from Kush carried iron products and enslaved people in the following countries _________________, _______________, and ____________.
What is Arabia, India and China.
200
A Kushite king who headed north with a powerful army that began the conquest of Egypt in 750 B.C, and his son who completed the conquest of Egypt in 728 B.C.
Who are Kashta and Piye.
200
The Nubians that grazed their herds on the savannas were called___________________________.
What is cattle herders.
200
After Thutmose III fought a 50 year war, what two things happened to the Kingdom of Kerma?
What is it collapsed and Egypt ruled the Nubians for the next 700 years.
200
In 600's B.C. the __________invaded Egypt.
What is Assyrians.
200
About 540 B.C. Kush's rulers left Napata and moved further south to be out of the Assyrians' reach. In the city of ___________they set up a new capital and a royal court.
What is Meroe.
300
The two cities which were capitals of Kush.
What are Napata and Meroe.
300
The people that grew crops in Nubia settled in __________________________ . They are called _______________.
What is farming villages. What is farmers.
300
The people of Egypt adopted many Egyptian ways. This was apparent because they ________________, _____________________, and _______________________.
What is worshipped Egyptian gods and goddesses, they learned how to work copper and bronze, and changed Egyptian hieroglyphs to fit their own language.
300
Armed with _______________the Assyrians drove the Kushites back to their homeland in the south.
What is iron weapons.
300
The new capital of Meroe had access to the _______________for trade and transportation.
What is the Nile River.
400
A region in what is now present day Sudan, later known as Kush.
What is Nubia.
400
The Nubians were excellent _______________. They were skilled at using __________and ____________.
What is hunters. What are bows and arrows.
400
As Egypt declined at the end of the New Kingdom, the Nubians saw their chance to break away. They formed the independent kingdom of Kush in __________B.C.
What is 850 B.C.
400
The Kushites learned this secret from the Assyrians ______________. They became the first Africans to devote themselves to _____________.
What is the secret of making iron. What is iron working.
400
The rocky desert east of Meroe contained rich deposits of ________________ which made it a trading city and a center for making farming tools and weapons.
What is iron ore.
500
Powerful Nubian villages that took over the weaker ones who created this kingdom.
What is Kerma.
500
The people of Kerma became wealthy due to __________. Its' artisans made _____________, ____________, and ______________.
What is trade. What is pottery, jewelry, and metal goods.
500
Napata was a favorable location because__________________________.
What is stood along the Nile River where trade caravans crossed the river.
500
The iron weapons and tools that the farmers and warriors were using were ________, ________, __________, and ___________, instead of copper or stone.
What is hoes, plows, spears and swords.
500
Meroe became a center of trade. They traded ______________, ____________________, ______________and ____________________.
What is leopard skins, valuable woods, enslaved people and iron products.