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Ancient Nubia built 223 Pyramids That’s double the number of pyramids built in Egypt.

Ancient Nubia built 223 Pyramids That’s double the number of pyramids built in Egypt. Nubia, Kush, & Axum. Nubia and Egypt. 2000 B.C. Nubia and Egypt trade with each other Egypt wanted control over trade in ivory, ebony, frankincense, and leopard skins.

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Ancient Nubia built 223 Pyramids That’s double the number of pyramids built in Egypt.

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  1. Ancient Nubia built 223 Pyramids That’s double the number of pyramids built in Egypt.

  2. Nubia, Kush, & Axum

  3. Nubia and Egypt • 2000 B.C. Nubia and Egypt trade with each other • Egypt wanted control over trade in ivory, ebony, frankincense, and leopard skins. • Egypt took control over Nubia’s trading and collected taxes from Nubia for a few hundred years.

  4. Weapons Technology: Bronze • Nubia acquired bronze weapons technology from the Egyptians. • Nubia forced Egypt out of Kush territory. • Kush conquered Egypt in 750 B.C.

  5. Iron Trumps Bronze • The Assyrians take the Egyptian territory from Kush in 663 B.C. • Kush gets iron working technology from Assyrians • Kush had a lot of iron ore.

  6. Meroë • The Kush city Meroë was the center of a huge trade in iron products. • Kush traded their iron products with the Roman Empire, Arabia, India, and an East African Arab colony called Axum.

  7. Axum • Began as an Arab colony • Got iron technology from Kush • Axum became an independent state • Competed with Kush for control over the ivory trade • Axum ruler King Ezana ordered the invasion of Kush and conquered it.

  8. King Ezna • King Ezana adopted Christianity as the official religion of Axum 330 A.D. • Axum became the first Christian Empirein the world.

  9. Type 2 Writing • What most influenced the history of East Africa during the time of Nubia, Kush, or Axum?

  10. Resources Available Online http://selana.yolasite.com/african-history.php

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