BELLRINGER
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Please place your timeline in the bin
Grab a highlighter or a marker—
you’ll need it today!
On your Egypt Map (Page 20 in your
notebook), please use the map to the
left to:
Label where Nubia is located
 Circle/outline the Kush Empire
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Be prepared to answer the following
question: How does the Kush Empire
compare to the Egyptian Empire?
BJOTD: What's the opposite of a
somersault?
EGYPT AND KUSH
DECLINE OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
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Hyksos invasion
RISE OF THE NEW KINGDOM (1570-1075
BCE)
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New Weapons:
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Bronze weapons and chariots
Emphasis on conquering
HATSHEPSUT
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Encouraged trade instead of war
RAMSES II
Warleader
 Made first peace treaty with the Hittites
 Built many architectural monuments
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Abu Simbel
THE HITTITES
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Read the selection, use your highlighter, and be
able to answer the following questions:
Who were the Hittites?
 How did the Hittites use their land (3 ways!)
 What were the Hittites most famous for (2 things!)
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EGYPT’S DECLINE
“People of the Sea” invaded after Ramses died
 Kingdom split apart, then invaded by the
Libyans
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THE RISE OF KUSH (2000 BCE-1000
BCE)
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A kingdom located in Nubia
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Nubia: region of Egypt straddling the Upper Nile
Spread to include the rest of Egypt from Nubia to
the Mediterranean
PEOPLE OF NUBIA
Trading kingdom
 Culture glorified Egypt—Kush felt as if it was
the guardian of Egyptian values
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Used hieroglyphics, built pyramids, kicked the
Libyans out of Egypt (King Piankhi was responsible
for taking back Egypt)
DECLINE OF KUSH
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Kicked out of Egypt by the Assyrians
MEROE
Wealthy trading nation;
emphasis on metal
working
 Ruled like pharaohs
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No dynasties
Declined from 250 BCE
to 150 BCE
ACTIVITY
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Complete the Processing Page by using Ramses
II as the second leader (the woman is a leader of
Meroe)
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Find similarities and differences between the two
groups
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Consider: religion, government, architecture, language, the
priority of the government, etc.
CHINA VS. EGYPT
Category
of
Analysis
D
D
S
Why?
SUMER VS. EGYPT
Category
of
Analysis
D
D
S
Why?
CHINA VS. SUMER
Category
of
Analysis
D
D
S
Why?