Post on 18-Jan-2016
KUSH(Nubia)
South of Egypt2000 BCE to 350 BCE
Meroё, Sudan
*fertile banks of Nile, South of Egypt
*rich gold mines
*important trading hub/ center
*linked Central and Southern Africa to Egypt
Kushites:* darker skin* curly hair* pictured bearing gifts or bows & arrows (complicated relationship w/ Egyptians)
Trade
• Pharaoh sent ships up Nile to buy or steal
Egypt: Kush:grain goldbeer ivorylinen leather
timberslaves
Egypt Conquers Kush• 1600-1100 BCE, Egypt’s New Kingdom• Pharaoh appoints governor• Kushites forced to pay tribute in gifts of
»Gold»Cattle» Ivory»Ebony»Ostrich feathers»slaves
Kushites become “Egyptianized”
Spoke & wrote Egyptian
Worshipped Egyptian gods
Wore Egyptian style clothes
Famed archers fought for Egypt’s army
Princes sent to Egypt for education
Egypt’s New Kingdom Collapses
• ~1100 BCE• Kush regains independence• However Egyptian culture persisted
• 900 BCE a new line of Kush Kings was established, but still followed Egyptian traditions