Ancient Egypt Chapter 4/ Section 3 – Flashcards
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What is commerce?
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Buying and selling of goods and services.
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What were some of the items Egypt traded?
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Grain*, cloth, papyrus, glass, and jewelry
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What were some of the items Nubia traded?
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Gold*, ivory, cedar, olive oil, copper
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What did Egypt RELY on Nubia for?
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gold
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What did Nubia RELY on Egypt for?
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grain
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What did Nubians have less of than Egypt?
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farmland and were short of food
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War (who ended up pushing people out of Egypt?
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Nubia went to war with the Assyrians and led to Nubia's downfall. Assyrian troops pushed Nubians out of Egypt
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Candaces, what were they?
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queen-mothers of Nubia. (Candaces are the Roman name). They remained powerful, sometimes more powerful than kings!
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Ivory
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one of the most valuable goods that Egyptians brought in Nubia. Elephant tusks were a source of ivory. It's a hard, white material made from the tusks
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Interdependence
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dependence by each country or group on the other. Egypt relied on Nubia's gold, Nubia relied on Egypt's grain. They created interdependence
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Meroitic Script
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one of the world's first alphabets created by Nubians. Symbols stood for sounds instead of ideas. (remember the river example we did in class)
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ebony
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Black wood from West Africa. The Nubians traded with Africans and Nubians bought ebony
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What was another name for Nubia?
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Kush
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How did the narrowness of the Nile Valley in Nubia affect them?
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Nubia could not always produce enough food
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Why did Egypt need to trade with other countries?
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to obtain goods it could not produce itself
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Which Middle Kingdom pharaoh boosted traded with the lands on the Med coast?
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Snefru
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Why would Egypt and Nubia be willing to depend on the other's trade goods?
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INTERDEPENDENCE! Each had something the other could not produce itself, so they were willing to become interdependent
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Who did trade with Egypt affect Nubia?
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The Nubians developed some Egyptian ideas and ways of doing things
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How was Nubia's geography different from Egypt's?
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Cataracts made boat travel in Nubia difficult. (Think: white water rafting while trying to transport goods) Also, the Nile Valley was much narrower in Nubia and provided less farmland causing food shortages
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How do scholars know about Nubia?
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through archaeological evidence in Nubia and Egyptian written records of Nubia
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How did Piye conquer Egypt?
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He defeated one Egyptian city after another.
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After Egypt destroyed the old capital, which city became the new capital of Nubia?
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Meroe (I can't get the computer to put the two little dots over the E)
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Why was it significant that Meroe was located on trade routes and near iron deposits?
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Its location allowed it to become wealthy and powerful through trade
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How were Nubian pyramids different from Egyptian ones?
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They had steeper sides. (see pic on pg. 162)
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What is the name of the early alphabet the Nubians created?
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Meroitic script
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Where did Nubian's ebony come from?
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West Africa
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What effect did war with the Roman empire have on Nubia?
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It weakened Nubia and helped cause the kingdom's end
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Remember to look/ study other Quizlet sets for this chapter
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Section 1 & 2
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Remember to review the vocab for sections 1, 2, & 3
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it's in your Egyptology book in the pocket you created at the beginning of the SS side of the book
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Remember to review your notes in the Egyptology book
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Also the social class pyramid, questions from Section 3
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NO really, study your Egyptology book
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I HIGHLY suggest it!!!
