Ancient Egypt and Kush L4: The Kingdom of Kush

• World History
• Secondary Education

L4 The Kingdom of Kush

What do you know?

All civilizations that lived by the Nile River were the same.

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2. FALSE

The Egyptians were the only civilization to build pyramids.

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2. FALSE

The kingdom of Kush became famous for making iron.

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2. FALSE

The first people to settle in Nubia were farmers.

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2. FALSE

Egypt ruled Nubia for 700 years.

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2. FALSE

The capitals of Kush were near the Nile River.

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2. FALSE

Write the main idea of the video:

The Nubians

 The Nubians lived along the Nile River south of Egypt. Nubia later became known as Kush (Sudan).

The first Nubians

• They were cattle herders. Their cattle grazed on savannas, or grassy plains. These savannas still stretch across Africa south of the Sahara.

• Nubia got plenty of rainfall throughout the year. 
• They settled in villages and grew crops such as beans, yams, and rice. 
• The Nubians also hunted for food. They were very skilled at using bows and arrows.

	Nubia	Egypt
Land	-Savannas	-Desert lands -River valley
Water Source	-Rainfall	-Nile River
Crops	-beans -yams -rice -grains	-wheat -rice -other grains

Over time, stronger Nubian villages conquered weaker ones. 

• In this way, the kingdom of Kerma was formed. Farming and gold mining made Kerma wealthy.

• The location of the kingdom in the Nile valley helped Kerma become an important trade center. 
• The Egyptians traded with Kerma for cattle, gold, ivory, giraffes, leopards, and enslaved people. 
• Egyptians also hired Nubians to fight in their armies because of their skills in battle.

Kerma’s craft-makers

• They made fine pottery, jewelry, and metal goods. A
• Kerma's kings were buried in tombs with their personal belongings ( gold, jewelry, and pottery).

In the 1400s B.C., the armies of Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III invaded Nubia. After a 50-year war, Kerma collapsed. The Egyptians ruled it for the next 700 years

During this time, the people of Nubia adopted many Egyptian beliefs and ways of doing things. 

Egyptian hieroglyphics to their own language and created an alphabet.

Egypt

-Religion

-Metalworking

-Hieroglyphics

Nubia

REVIEW

Like Egypt, Nubia had a dry climate and needed water from the Nile River.

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2. FALSE

The Nubians of Kerma grew wealthy from farming and ______.

1. mining gold
2. fighting wars
3. herding cattle
4. building pyramids

During the 1400s b.c., what did the Nubians adapt while under Egyptian rule?

1. spoken language
2. irrigation techniques
3. trading practices
4. hieroglyphics

Flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region

1. Kush
2. Nubia
3. savanna
4. Kerma