by Emily Longacre, Brooke Cichocki,
and Morgan Weigner.
Introduction
 People have recovered pottery, weapons, and jewelry
from Nubia’s burial sites.
 Nubia existed sometime around 6000 BC. We know
this because some the items found at the burial site date
back to this time.
 We also know that trade existed in Nubia because of
these items.
 In 3100 BC, Nubian Kingdoms arise, only to fall.
Nubia rulers lost power
Land of the Bow
 Nubia was south of Ancient Egypt; also past the first
cataract of the Nile River
 Cataract– very large waterfall, a great downpour
 Nubia and Egypt were friendly neighbors and lived
together peacefully for most of history.
 The Egptians called Nubia Ta Sety, or Land of the
Bow, most likely because they had skilled archers.
 The Egyptians even recruited some of Nubia’s
archers to be in their armies.
Valuable Resources
 The Egyptians respected and used Nubia’s rich mineral
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resources, gold, copper, and iron ore, to their advantage.
Nubia was a “bridge for goods,” otherwise known as a
trading post. The goods were traveling in between Central
Africa and Egypt.
Egypt benefited from goods from Lower Nubia.
Kingdoms envied and fought Egypt for control over land
and the resources that the land offered.
Some powerful kingdoms near Nubia that fought Egypt
for land were Kerma, Napata, and Meröe
Those powerful kingdoms were ruled by Kushites (lived in
Southern Nubia).
Reading Check
 Why did Nubia and Egypt become rivals?
 Nubia and Egypt were rivals because they wanted each
other's land. Nubia had important resources that
Egypt wanted. Two civilizations that were once in
peace became rivals over land and resources from which
they both once benefited.