Kush
Kings were buried in tombs with gold, jewelry, and pottery, which were bigger or smaller than Egyptian tombs?
smaller
Kushites believed gods and rulers had what relationship?
Closely connected
Assyrians invaded Egypt and defeated Kushites with what?
Iron weapons
850 BCE Nubians form the kingdom of kush and become wealthy from what?
Trade
How were new kings chosen?
Amon-Re would appoint them
Who did Kushites worship?
Many Egyptian gods
Kingdom of Kerma became wealthy from agriculture and what?
gold mining
Kushites learned iron-making from who?
Assyrians
In 728 BCE what did Kashta's son Piye conquer?
The rest of Egypt
Why was the capital moved to Meroë?
Safer from Assyrians
Kushites constructed these buildings that were small and steep?
pyramids for kings’ tombs
What did Nubians farm?
beans, yams, rice, and grains
Kushites began producing iron plows for what?
Better farming
The Assyrians force the Kushites out of Egypt. What did the Kushites learn to make from the Assyrians?
Iron
What are savannahs? For a bonus point what is the mascot of the baseball team from Savannah Georgia?
Flat grasslands
Bonus point: The Bananas
The capital of Kush was Napata, why was its location important?
It was a crossroads for Nile trade
Nubians worshipped Egyptian gods and learned to make tools from the Egyptians using what?
Copper and bronze
Kushites forged iron swords and spears for what?
A better military
What did Meroë become the center of?
Iron-Making
Kushite architecture included what?
white sandstone monuments and temples
Egyptian armies invaded Kerma and conquered it after a war that lasted how many years?
50 years
Nubia is now part of which modern day country?
Sudan
Trade items included cattle, gold, incense, giraffes, leopards, and what?
Ivory
In 540 BCE where did Kush’s rulers move the capital to?
Meroe
Why was Kerma’s location in the Nile Valley important?
It was the trade link between Egypt and southern Africa