Which group of Nubian people became leaders in their villages between 3500BC and 2000BC?
Farmers
100
What was the first capital of Kush?
Kerma
100
Where was the Kushite city of Meroe located?
Located along the Nile.
100
What was the Kushite language called?
Meroitic
200
How did the Nubians benefit from the flood cycle of the Nile?
Allowed them to plant both summer and winter crops.
200
How did Kush society grow more complex?
They had a variety of jobs and roles in their society.
200
How did the Kushite Dynasty end?
When the Assyrians drove the Kushites out of Egypt.
200
What were the main Kushite imports?
Luxury items
200
Kush developed Africa's first ____________ industry.
iron
300
Early Nubian civilization was based on ______________.
agriculture
300
What is a type of dark, heavy wood?
Ebony
300
What is a white material made from elephant tusks?
Ivory
300
What natural resources did Kush need to make iron tools?
Iron ore and wood.
300
What was the name of the lion-headed god worshipped by the Kushites?
Apedemek
400
How did the geography of Nubia affect the development of Kushite civilization?
The land had fertile soil, rich in minerals, helping Kush build a civilization based on agriculture and trade.
400
What was the Egyptian influence on the Kushites?
Kushite culture became more and more like Egypt's.
400
Who tried to restore old Egyptian practices that had become less popular?
Shabaka
400
What are exports?
Items sent for sale in other regions.
400
What were the causes of Kush's decline?
Lost resources because of overgrazing and overuse of wood from forests, trade routes started to go through other kingdoms instead of Kush.
500
Who was the leader who extended Kushite territory north from Napata to the Nile Delta?
Piankhi
500
Who was the Kushite leader that declared himself pharaoh, beginning the Kushite Dynasty in Egypt?
Shabaka
500
What was the relationship between Egypt and Kush?
Sometimes at war. Egypt invaded Kush and Kushites later revolted and gained their independence. Kushites kept many of the Egyptian ways they had adopted. Egypt and Kush were also trading partners.
500
Who was the Aksumite king who took over Kush in AD350?
King Ezana
500
What is a trade network?
A system of people in different lands who exchange goods.