Chapter 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
Invaders that ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C.
Hyksos
Period after Hyksos rulers
New Kingdom
New Kingdom ruler who encouraged trade
Hatshepsut
Warlike ruler, stepson of Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Region of Africa bordering Egypt
Nubia
Pharaoh and great builder of Egypt
Ramses II
Nubian Kingdom
Kush
Kushite king who forced the Libyans out of Egypt
Piankhi
Home and trading center of the Kush kingdom
Meroe
Powerful empire in norther Mesopotamia
Assyria
Assyrian king and empire builder
Sennacherib
Assyia’s capital on the Tigris River
Nineveh
Assyrian king who gathered writing tablets from many lands
Ashurbanipal
People who helped destroy the Assyrian empire
Medes // Chaldeans
Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar