The Egyptian and Nubian Empires

Question 1

Hyksos

Answer 1

a group of nomadic invaders from Southwest Asia who ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C.

Question 2

New Kingdom

Answer 2

the period of ancient Egypt that followed the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers, lasting from about 1570 to 1075 B.C

Question 3

Hatshepsut

Answer 3

declared herself pharoah around 1472 B.C. She took over for her young stepson, Thutmose III.

Question 4

Thutmose III

Answer 4

Hatshepsut’s stepson who was a more warlike ruler and led victorious invasions eastward.

Question 5

Nubia

Answer 5

a region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River

Question 6

Ramses II

Answer 6

a pharoah who made a treaty with a Hittite King that lasted the rest of the century

Question 7

Kush

Answer 7

a Nubian kingdom that lasted for about a thousand years, between 2000 and 1000 B.C.

Question 8

Piankhi

Answer 8

a Kushite king who united the entire Nile Valley. His descendants became Egypt’s 25th Dynasty

Question 9

Meroë

Answer 9

where the Kushite Royal family moved to after their defeat by the Assyrians. They prospered here.