Kingdom of Kush Crossword

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  1. 4. kush lion god
  2. 5. Kush's territory was from Meroë to the ___________ Sea
  3. 8. a new capital for Kush after Egyptian rule
  4. 9. King Piye soon announced himself as pharaoh after he took control of Egypt and titled himself the “_______ of the Two Lands.”
  5. 14. Kandakes Were considered ____________ and usually co-ruled with husbands and/or sons
  6. 15. the native Kushite alphabet
  7. 17. Once the _______ Kingdom in Egypt crumbled, Egypt was in political chaos
  8. 18. Prince ___________ and Queen Amanirenas co-ruled together when they struck and attack on Roman Basses on the border of kush
  9. 20. a line of rulers through familial relations
  10. 22. __________ used siege warfare
  11. 26. After the ______________ of Kush it returned to its former ways
  12. 28. In the 650’s B.C.E. the last Kushite ________ was forced out of Egypt and back into Nubia
  13. 29. Kushites brought back the practice of ________ leadership
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  1. 1. Pharaohs __________ governors to make sure the tribute was paid yearly
  2. 2. Kushite's also built pyramids, although they were tinnier and had ________ sides than those of Egypt
  3. 3. also known as queen mothers, and ruled over Meroë
  4. 6. In the New Kingdom Egypt took control over Kush and enforced a ___________ in the form of gifts
  5. 7. In the 670’s B.C.E. the dominant empire in Mesopotamia, the _________ attacked Egypt
  6. 10. the Egyptian word used to name there area Nubia
  7. 11. meroë used the _______ Sea overland routes and the Nile to transport goods
  8. 12. a temple in kush modeled after Abu Simbel
  9. 13. created silver and gold jewelry, and pottery
  10. 16. 400 years later Kush fell to ____________
  11. 19. Piye’s family became the 25th _______ of rulers
  12. 21. the capital of Kush
  13. 23. a material Kush made, and metal workers used
  14. 24. kush was located around the banks of the _____ River
  15. 25. a specific ore that was sacred to Kush
  16. 27. the queen that protected Kush against Rome
  17. 28. In the 730’s, Egypt surrendered to King ______ of Kush