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  • Why was Meroe an iron-making center?
    The land near Meroe had iron ore and trees for fuel.
  • a flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
    savanna
  • How were Nubian's land?
    Nubia got plenty rainfall throughout the year, so farmers didn't need water from the Nile. Settled in villages & grew crops such as beans, rice & yams. Hunted
  • How did the Nubian people adapt to Egyptian rule?
    They worshiped Egyptian gods and goddesses along with their own. Worked w/ copper & bronze to make tools/ Adapted E hieroglyphic to own lang & created alphabet
  • Where did the Nubians cattle graze?
    on savannas that stretch across Africa south of the Sahara
  • What was the capital of Kush?
    Napata loncated along the upper part of the Nile River.
  • How was Nubia's land different than Egypt's?
    Nubia had savannas/ Egypt had desert lands & river valley. N had rainfall/Egypt had Nile. N grew beans, yams, rice & grains/E grew wheat, rice, other grains
  • woven cloth
    textile
  • Name 2 things King Kashta the Kushite did.
    Led Kushites north, began to conquer Egypt
  • Name 2 things King Piye Kushite did?
    Completed his father's, Kashta, conquest of Egypt, ruled Egypt and Kush from Napata
  • What kingdom came to power after Kush?
    Axum
  • Where did the Nubians live?
    along the Nile River south of Egypt
  • Why was Meroe an important center for trade in the ancient world?
    Kush's traders received leopard skins and valuable woods from other places in Africa. Traded this, plus iron products & slaves for cotton, textiles & other good
  • Who were the first Nubians?
    Cattle herders
  • Why did Egyptians hire Nubians to fight in their armies?
    Because of their skills in battle.
  • What made Kerma wealthy?
    Farming and gold mining.
  • Where was Kerma's kings buried?
    As in Egypt, Kerma's kings were buried in tombs with their personal belongings. These belongings often included gold, jewelry, and pottery.
  • How did the location of the kingdom in the Nile valley help Kerma become an important trade center?
    It connected Egypt with the tropical areas of southern Africa. The Egyptians traded Kerma for cattle, gold, ivory, giraffes, leopards, and enslaved people
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  • How did the Assyrian invasion of Egypt benefit the Kushites?
    The Kushites learned the secret to making iron/1st Africans to make iron/Kush used to make stronger plow which grew more crops/Warriors used iron spears & sword
  • Who ruled both Egypt and Kush from the city of Napata?
    Piye, son of Kashta
  • How did Kerma collapse?
    In the 1400s B.C., the armies of Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III invaded Nubia. After a 50 year war, the Egyptians ruled it for the next 700 years.
  • How was the kingdom of Kerma formed?
    Nubian villages conquered weaker ones.
  • Nubia later became known as
    Kush
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