Haylie Dawson 11/17/2020 period 5

1. Nubia didn’t rely on the spring floods to have fertile soil and they are a completely
different civilization from Egypt.
2. The Nubians like the Egyptians worshiped their pharaohs and gods and believed they
deserved to be buried with their golds so they built tombs in pyramids.
3. 1. South 2. Red sea 3. Sahara 4. A cataract is a series of rapids that are hard to
navigate through so it protected the Kushites from Egypt.
4. The main idea is that the Kushites asked the god Amon-Re to build a temple for their
god. Kush was influenced by Egypt because they started to copy things Egyptians did
for their gods like the pyramids, temples, and monuments.
5. Most gods the Kushites worshiped were Egyptian deities showing the Egyptians also
influenced their culture.
6. The Kushites mixed their cultures with the Egyptians by worshiping both Kushite and
Egyptian deities, they also worshiped in their own, but the same way, such as they both
use pyramids, temples, and monuments, but the Kushites believe in a strong relationship
between the rulers and gods.
7. A. Kush begins to thrive
B. 750 b.c
C. about 540 b.c.
D. Kush conquers Egypt
E. 1500 years
F. assyrians invade Egypt and drive Kushites out
G. 900 b.c.