Chapter 4, Section 5 Ancient Kush

Geography

Kush & Egypt

Women of Kush

Later Kush

Society was heavily influenced by Kush's geography, especially the Nile River

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Nubia was located south of Egypt.

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Kush was a major supplier for Egypt. They sent slaves, gold, copper, stone, ebony, wood, and ivory

Not always peaceful

Were neighbors

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Nubia

Mostly desert area

Used to be more fertile

The Nile's floods allowed them to grow lots of crops like wheat, barley, and other assorted grains.

Ancient Nubia had many good minerals such as gold, copper, and stone. This played a big part in their lives and because of this, they were a very wealthy civilization.

Farming villages by the Nile thrived in 3500 BC

Certain farmers grew richer than others they became village leaders and, around 2000 BC a village leader took control of all the villages. He called this new kingdom Kush.

Nile floods were perfect for them because it allowed them to plant and harvest twice a year.

The pharohs army conquered all of the land north of the 5th cataract, making kush part of egypt

Egypt feared kush's army

They destroyed Kerma, the capital and built monuments and temples there instead.

Kush grew wealthier and so did their army

kush remained part of egypt for about 450 years

the current pharaoh sent an army to kush to take care of them before kush attacked them

Egypt influenced kush heavily

Kush became independant

egyptians settled in kush

No historical record of kush gaining independence until 200 years later

egyptian was the languge of kush

Kushites wore egyptian clothing, used egyptian names and practiced egyptian religion

During the mid 1000s the new kingdom in egypt was ending

Napatla became the new capital city it was 100 miles south of kerma and it was on th nile

the power if the pharaohs was lessing and so the kushites saw oppurtunity to seize their land back

As kush grew stronger, egypt grew weaker

When he died, his son phikianni, kept attacking

By 850 BC kush regained all its strength

In 751 he had taken upper egypt

In 700s the king of kush, katsha, seized egypt and attacked.

Kush captured egypts ancient capital

When phinanni died he had accomplished the job

Phikianni fought the egyptians because he believed that the gods wanted him to rule of egypt

they practiced similar belifs and other stuff

His brother Shabaka took control of the kingdom

shabaka believed he was a heir of the egyptian pharaohs and egypts great past

he declared himself pharaoh

this began the 25th dynasty in egypt. The kushite dynasty.

shabaka was buried in a pyramid like the egyptian pharaohs

culture thrived during 25h dynasty