Chapter 5: Nubia and Kush
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mmwilkins Plus on January 27, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 commercial | relates to large-scale buying and selling |
| raw materials | natural resource that can be made into a valuable product |
| import | to bring IN goods from other places |
| export | to send OUT good for sale to other places |
| annex | to add on |
| independence | freedom |
| trade network | a group of buyers and sellers |
| decipher | to figure out the meaning of something |
| Napata | new capital city (Kushites) |
| Alara | Nubian chieftain who started a new dynasty of Kushite kings (kingdom of Napata) |
| Kashta | captured Upper Egypt (brother of Alara) |
| Piye | conquered Lower Egypt (son of Kashta) and brought all of Egypt under Kushite control |
| Shabaka | claimed Egyptian pharaoh's throne (brother of Piye) |
| Taharqa | famous for temples he built |
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