Kemet : Its Ancient African Civiliation

Question 1

The first four Dynasty Pharaohs were Nubian Kings with purely Negroid physiognomy . Beginning with Narmer ( Menses ) to Pharaoh Khufu ( ? ) , these Dynastic Rulers had African and Negroid features . The sculptural representation of Sphinx was that of Khufu ( ?). This was true for the 25th Dynasty. .

Answer 1

Cheop

Question 2

At the Dawn of the Dynastic Era , this 1st Nubian Ruler self-proclaimed as a Pharaoh of his new creation : The Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into one political entity around 3100 B.C. It entrenched the Revolutionary Reconstitution of Ta Seti sacral chiefdom into the Pharaonic based civilization. Who was this Nubian Pharaoh ?

Answer 2

Narmer ( Menses )

Question 3

Narmer’s nascent Dynastic Era brokered a Reformation as a Divine King . He supplanted the Old ‘ Sacral Chief ‘ with this titular appellation .

Answer 3

Pharaoh

Question 4

This traditional religion of Ta Seti sacral chiefdom was characterized as a Monotheistic deification of Gods within a polytheistic system. Its liturgical practice prevailed along the Upper and Lower Egypt.

Answer 4

Henotheism

Question 5

Ta Seti Sacral kingdom ( 3500- 3100B.C.)
Sai Kingdom (3000-1700B.C.)
Kingdom of Kerma (3000B.C.-1050B.C.)
The Kush(3000B.C.-730BC)
Meroe (730BC-350A.D.)
All of these African Kingdoms including the Chiefdom were powerful states that eventually dichotomized into smaller political states. This happened in the wake of the self proclaimed Egyptian Pharaoh’s Unification of Upper and lower Egypt. Collectively , they were called by this phraseology.

Answer 5

Ancient Nubia

Question 6

In the wake of the Saharan Desertification , there was the inevitable Intracontinental migration and shifting of the mass to the Nile Valley. This spearheaded and spurred the outgrowth of the Sacral Chiefdom in the Nile Delta of Lower Egypt around 3500 B.C. The highest cluster mobilized around the 2nd and 3rd Cataracts of THIS of the Nile in Ancient Nubia.

Answer 6

Dongola Reach

Question 7

A religious Doctrine that identifies with the Cosmos , namely the Universe .

Answer 7

Pantheism

Question 8

This Ideological principle is the transmigration of the soul into another body at Death. The new transmigrated soul is now either humans or mammalian animals. Its etymological derivative is Latin and Greek “ Metempsychouthai “ meaning to undergo Metempsychosis. Cogitate its formula : meta + empsychos ( to animate ) and en+psyche (soul). In all transliteration , it means to animate the soul following death.

Answer 8

Metempsychosis

Question 9

Where did the Kingdom of Meroe geographically existed ?

Answer 9

Sudan , du jour

Question 10

When did the 1st Intermediate Period emerged in the wake of the Old Kingdom ( 3100 B.C. - 2200B.C. ) Destabilization and sunderance ?

Answer 10

2200 B.C. - 2041 B.C.

Question 11

Where is Mentuhotep II’s Mortuary?

Answer 11

Theban Necropolis of Deir el Bahari

Question 12

When was the Third Intermediate Period ?

Answer 12

1080 B.C. - 880 B.C.

Question 13

Where was Pharaoh Pianhki’s Mortuary built ?

Answer 13

EL Kurru in Sudan

Question 14

Nomos is the Greek etymology meaning pasturage and district . The denotation herein is A province of Ancient Egypt.

Answer 14

Nome

Question 15

Nomos is the Greek etymology meaning pasturage and district . The denotation herein is A province of Ancient Egypt.

Answer 15

Nome

Question 16

Egypt of the New Kingdom rose as a Superpower . It staged numerous territorial conquests of vulnerable regions. Nubia ( Meroe ) and Judea . It reigned for 500 years . Its power extended to Libya to the West and the Mediterranean to the Nautical radius. What region did Egypt withdraw its Colonial dominion in 1100 B.C. ?

Answer 16

Nubian Meroe

Question 17

Mentuhotep II commissioned the construction of Royal edifices in Upper Egypt during his Middle Kingdom reign . The Funerary Chapel emerged in Abydos . Other 7 Monolithic Temples assumed an evolutionary course in these historic locations : Aswan , Armant , Karnak , Tod , Elkab , Denderah , and Gebslein . The Egyptian Pictographs yielded imagery of the African people with kaleidoscopic melanin and Negroid features . Where are these Temples kept and situated ?

Answer 17

Theban Necropolis of Deir el Bahari

Question 18

Mentuhotep II’s Burial Mortuary and Sepulchre is located at Theban Necropolis of Deir el Bahari . His Religious Temple promulgated the spiritual essence and deification of ? Ra. Following the Death , the devout worshippers forged the identification of Pharaoh with the god Osiris . What was the Egyptian Mythical God being supplicated to?

Answer 18

Amun Ra

Question 19

One of the sandstone statutuary magnificently manifested the portraiture of Mentuhotep. II. Standing with crisscrossed arms , his African physiognomy radiated superbly with Negroid features . THIS adornment rested on his regal head.

Answer 19

Deshret

Question 20

Mentuhotep II in the Egyptian Linguistics was known by 3 titularies: 1) ‘…Mntwhtp …’ Meaning ‘..Mentu is satisfied,,’; 2) ‘..Nebhepetre ..’ As translated for “..The Lord of the Rudder is Ra ..” This 6th Ruler of the 11th Dynasty according to the “…Turin King Canon…(list )..” became the 1st Nubian Pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom who reigned for 51 years ; and finally , ‘..Shematawy ..’ Meaning “..He who Unifies the two lands …” Each titulary exemplified Royalty as known by this Appellative Term.

Answer 20

Prenomen of Mentuhotep II

Question 21

Monarchy signified the political infrastructure of Mentuhotep II’s reign. His Unification of Lower and. Upper Egypt ended the 1st Intermediate Period ( 2200 B.C.- 2041 B.C.) . He ushered in political reformation via centralization . The Pharaonic creation of the Governors orchestrated their governance over the once bifurcated areas called nomes. The Nomarch governed these regions until Mentuhotep’s dis-empowerment of the Nomarch . His Cabinet was inclusive of Vizier , General , and Treasurer. The Pharaoh’s Supremacy prevailed as the Theban subjects pledged fealty and allegiance to the Divine King .

Answer 21

Mentuhotep II Government

Question 22

The Ancient Egyptian annually held the ceremony in commemoration of the Pharaoh’s long term rule. It was called in the Egyptian Linguistics a ‘ Wepwawet’ . What was this festive occasion called ?

Answer 22

Sed Festival

Question 23

Pharaoh Shabaka introduced Egyptian Archaism as a Spiritual return to the historical and atavistic past. This affected his decision to push toward the consecration of Holy places. His own government manifested itself as a Restorative Theocratic Monarchy. His Ethical principles incorporated Memphite Theology . What sanctified role did he pontificate under this system of governance.

Answer 23

Priest of Amon

Question 24

The Crucible of the Egyptian Old Kingdom surfaced amidst the 3rd Millennium B.C. Its time capsule spanned from 3100B.C. to 2200 B.C. The objurgation of the Pharaoh’s Divinity came into existence . Who of the Nome district questioned the Pharaonic power and his Autocracy?

Answer 24

Governor

Question 25

The Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt ( 1080 B.C. - 880 B.C. ) established the 22nd Dynasty under this Pharaoh . This Dynastic Empire Power endured for 2 Centuries.

Answer 25

Pharaoh Shosheng

Question 26

Sika Dwa has a unique history anent the African struggle for the Sanctity of the Golden Stool. In 1900 , Sir Frederick Hodgson , the Colonel Governor of the Gold Coast demanded for the African to release their shrouded stool for him to sit on. This provoked an African resistance and rebellion that presaged conflict between the Africans and the British called the War of the Golden Stool. Albeit the Annexation of the Asante State , the proud ? protected the sanctity of the Sika Dwa .

Answer 26

Asante

Question 27

Pharaoh Piye as known by other prenomen Pianhki and Pianhky ruled in the 25th Dynasty from 744 B.C. to 712 B.C. He promulgated the policy of Reunification of Egypt as a political Reformation . The Revivalism comprised of the portable legacy of the Old and Middle Kingdoms : Pyramid Construction . It began with their oldest Pyramid of EL Kurru ( a/k/a. AL Kurru ) in Sudan. He expanded the extant Temple of Amun at ? with embellished balustrades and forecourt .

Answer 27

Jebel Barkal

Question 28

Pharaoh Pianhki as known by other prenomen : Piye and Pianhky is reveled and venerated as evident by the Stele of Victory at Jebel Barkal. It alluded to him as a pious equestrian . The exported Nubian horses and Chariots enabled and entrenched his resounding defeat of Tefnakht and his allies . Yet , Pianhki’s Egyptianization of the Near East dematerialized and failed as due to this reason alone.

Answer 28

Assyrian Resistance

Question 29

Pharaoh Shabaka introduced Egyptian Archaism as a Spiritual Return to the historical and atavistic past. This affected his decision to push toward the consecration of Holy places. His own government manifested itself as a Restorative Theocratic Monarchy . His Ethical principles incorporated Memphite Theology. What sanctified role did he pontificate under this System of governance?

Answer 29

Priest of Amon

Question 30

The Hyksos’ technological contribution revolutionized Egypt . It introduced the unfamiliar Horse drawn __?__ and the Bronze weaponry. The inspired Egyptian began the assimilative diffusion of both utilitarian technologies across the Saharan and North Africa. The Hyksos ruled Egypt from 1650 B.C.- 1580B.C.

Answer 30

Chariots

Question 31

The Middle Kingdom resonated as a nascent , historical , and epochal era. It was presaged by the tumultous 1st Intermediate Period of Political Rivalry and Dissonance. Who reigned from 2041 B.C. to 2016 B.C.

Answer 31

Mentuhotep II

Question 32

The adjectival form __?__ denotes an awe inspiring mystique. Its Latin Etymology is Numen meaning arousing Spiritual and/ or Religious emotion.

Answer 32

Numinous

Question 33

The Second Intermediate Period as an epochal era evolved after the glorious day of Mentuhotep II of. The Middle kingdom that plunged into travail and terminus. The historical repercussion and recognized patterns of political dissonance , instability and incertitude began around 2016 B.C.

Answer 33

Second Intermediate ( 2016 B.C. - 1580 B.C. )

Question 34

The Second Intermediate Period (2016 B.C. - 1580 B.C. ) encountered irruption , incursion , and invasion of Egypt by the Hyksos. In neoteric Egyptology , the conqueror’s name , phonetically pronounced as ‘ hekau khasut ‘ meaning in all translation , Ruler of the Foreign land ‘ . The Hyksos as King of the 15th Dynasty of Egypt (1650-1550B.C. ) held the seat of their assembly at the city of Avaris in the Nile Delta and proceeded its rule over Lower and Upper Egypt. Presumably their ethnic origin alluded to either Western Semitic Levantines or Canaanites . This Asiatic Conqueror clans ruled for 436 years until its collapse in 1580B.C. Recheck and verify the actual onset of Hyksos’ rule.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

The Restoration of Nubian Sovereignty and Cultural Renaissance emerged in the wake of Egypt’s renunciation and withdrawal of colonial power in 1100 B.C.

Answer 35

Nubia Resurgence

Question 36

This epochal Era thrived from 1580 B.C. to 1080 B.C. . It exemplified events subsumed the 18th Century B.C. , the Meteoric rise of Egypt and its Colonialism fervor and Nubia’s Sovereignty and Cultural Renaissance . Collectively , they were representational of this epochal kingdom.

Answer 36

The New Kingdom

Question 37

This Shabago represents a relic as incised with Egyptian religious and demotic text. Its utility began during the 25th Dynasty of Egypt . Over time , it converted into millstone that caused erosion and alteration of the original Egyptian Hieroglyphics . Hence , the name is eponymous.

Answer 37

Shabaka Stone

Question 38

This successor of Pharaoh Tarharqa mobilized the reconquest of Egypt and the reclamation of Memphis . He forced the Assyrian into retreat after slaughtering the Assyrian vassal , Necho I , in Memphis. Thereafter , he assumed the throne as the 25th Dynastic Pharaoh .

Answer 38

Tanutamani

Question 39

This was a major Ancient Egyptian Deity for which the affiliation linked to the Hermopolitan Ogduad. This deity had its origin in the Old Kingdom . The Metaphysical wife of this deity was Amunet . During the 11th Dynasty of Mentuhotep II , its religious significance rose to Patron deity of the Thebes. Its Divinity honored its deified protector , guardian , and supporter. It supplanted Montu.

Answer 39

Amun

Question 40

This General and his cavalry amidst the crepuscular hours hours drew upon the militaristic algorithm and stratagem of ambush and siege over Napata. His military advanced into the entirety of Egypt. This led to his territorial conquest. According to the Stele of Victory , the Hieroglyphic inscribed Stele annunciated him as both , “…Son of Re…” ( Ruler of Lower Egypt ) and “..Beloved of Amun …”( Ruler of Upper Egypt ) . The Double Kingship accelerated his meteoric rise as the 1st Theban Pharaoh and Founder of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned from 744 B.C. - 712 B.C..

Answer 40

Piye ( his prenomen- Pianhki & Pianhky )

Question 41

The Stele of Victory revealed the proclamation and annunciation of intrepid Pharaoh Pianhki as the “.. Son of Re ..” Meaning. Ruler of Lower Egypt and as ? meaning Ruler of Upper Egypt. He was reveled for his territorial conquests in 744 B.C. Egypt. Identify its Demotic linguistics.

Answer 41

Beloved of Amun

Question 42

Khor is an Ancient Metropolis of Southern Syria in Lebanon . This was once an Egyptian outpost . Damascus is the neoteric capital of Syria.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

A Monumental Stone of ligneous and xyloid slab in the Ancient World. It bore the inscription of demotic text and carved relief . Stela is the dimension of plurality.

Answer 43

Stele

Question 44

A Religious institution or Temple s as devoted to the Syncretic Greco Egyptian deity. Serapis . This combines the Egyptian Osiris with Greek Apis that formally accepted the Ptolemaic Greeks of Alexandria.

Answer 44

Serapeum

Question 45

A Statute reflecting the enigmatic person of mystique. An Ancient Egyptian imagery and sculptural representation of a recumbent Lion having a Human head , a ram’s head , or a hawk’s head . In Greek Mythology , a winged female Monster has a woman’s head and no lion corporeal form. It slaughters its prey for failing to answer the riddle correctly.

Answer 45

Sphinx

Question 46

A Symbolism bearing a Loop and a vertical arm . It is an emblem of life.

Answer 46

Anhk

Question 47

Contrary to King Sennacherib’s Annal claiming control over Khor and of enforcing the Judean tribute , Khor had frequent utility of the Egyptian system of Weights and Measures. It made tributary payments to Amun of Karnack during the 1st half of Taharqa’s reign. Assyria imposed embargo and blockade on Lebanese cedarwood to Egypt. This angered Taharqa who desperately needed raw material to finish the construction at Temple of Amun at Kawa. In 679 B.C. King Sennacherib passed away . Who succeeded him ?

Answer 47

King Esarhaddon

Question 48

In 592 B.C. , the Xenophobic , covetous & nefarious. Saite King Psamtik II of the 26th Dynasty ( Son of Necho I , the Assyrian ) perceived the Napatan King Aspelta as a rival based threat to Upper Egyptian Pharaoh’s authority. He declared military expedition and invasion of Kush. The demolitional sacking of Napata ensued. As motivated by racial antipathy , his mass destruction obliterated the Nubian statutes ; carved relief. And Monuments bearing the Black African’s name and emblems. What provenance is this verified from ?

Answer 48

Victory Stele of Kabsha

Question 49

In 668 B.C. Ashurbanipal assumed the Transfer of military power in the wake of King Esarhaddon’s death . He forged an alliance with the Assyrians to finalize its collective. Defeat of Pharaoh Taharqa. The Assyrians Militia then advanced into Thebes with no colonial control. Ashurbanipal appointed his vassal ruler , Necho I , to control Egypt. Who was Necho I ?

Answer 49

Sais City King

Question 50

In 701 B.C. , Taharqa and his army lent support to Judea and and King Hezekiah when the Assyrian King Sennacherib threatened siege of Jerusalem. The provenance s : 2 King 19:9 & Isaiah 37: 09. Varied theoretical postulate lent to the reason for failed Assyrian takeover : proliferated disease , the visibility of Taharqa army , Afflatus , Hezekiah’s surrender and Herodotus Mice. Theory. King Sennacherib became the overlord of THIS Metropolis .

Answer 50

Ancient Khor

Question 51

In the Egyptian Hieroglyphic , it is an oval structure with a line at one end that is Tangent to the Oval. Its pair of brackets bore the Royal name . This term has association with both the Late 3rd Dynasty and the 4th Dynasty Pharaoh Sneferu . In Egyptian Linguistics , it is depicted as a Shenu as commonly written in Demotic script.

Answer 51

Cartouche

Question 52

Its denotation is a forced payments by the defeated Ruler or a vanquished Nation . The tributary acknowledged Concession and Submission .

Answer 52

Tribute

Question 53

It is an adjectival form meaning an Artificial Hillock or Earth mound used to cover a grave. It is of a Barrow such as a concentric stone or earth mound covering over the corpse of the deceased. Context : The __?__ tomb of Ancient Egyptian EL Kurru contains 4 Burials of Pharaohs : Kashta , Pianhki , , Shabaka and Tanutamani

Answer 53

Tumulus

Question 54

The decorated Earthenware with opaque colored glazes. Usually it is Alabaster . The French etymology is derived from Italian Faenza.

Answer 54

Faience

Question 55

The defeated Ruler or vanquished Nation makes tributary payments to the Victorious Nation as an acknowledgement of Concession and Submission. What are these payments called ?

Answer 55

Tributes

Question 56

King Aspelta in the wake of Psamtik II radicalized invasion of Lower Egypt in 592 B.C. prompted his reactionary and decisive relocation of his capital to a more secured location : Meroe. The consecrated tomb and Vault of King Aspelta is situated in Nuri. In what year was he buried ?

Answer 56

580 B.C.

Question 57

The Terminus of the Pharisees Egypt began after Byzantine Roman Conquest of Egypt. When was the year of the Byzantine Roman controlled Egypt Onset?

Answer 57

30. B.C.

Question 58

King Esarhaddon of Assyria in 679 B.C. led a military campaign and sieged Khor , the once loyal patron of Egypt. His Militia caused a mass destruction of Sidon and forced Tyre into tribute mandate between 677 -676B.C. Esarhaddon led a surreptitiously calculated invasion of Egypt in 674 B.C. This was a resounding defeat of Pharaoh Taharqa’s Army according to the Babylonian Record. What was the African Pharaoh next military stratagem in 672 B.C.?

Answer 58

Incorporated Kushite Troops

Question 59

Pharaoh Kashta assumed one of the prenomen , Nimaatre , as derived from the Egyptian deity Khnum. He territorially acquired Thebais that spanned between 3rd and 4th cataracts . The Annual Nile flood brought the magic of silt , kaolin , prosperity and Kushitic civilization. Egyptianization prevailed. Pharaoh Kashta’s Burial Charnel is situated in EL Kurru . What was his Sarcophagus made of ?

Answer 59

Tumulus tomb

Question 60

Pharaoh Kashta’s Stelae abound in Elephantine of neoteric Aswan. The Temple is dedicated to THIS Egyptian deity. As per the Egyptian Mythology , the Romanticized “…Khnemu…” personified as a god attesting to Pharaoh Kashta’s control and manipulation of Thebais. It is the earliest known Spiritual force of the Nile. The magical numen of the annual Nile Flood enhanced silt , Kaolin , and economy. Deity herein as an exemplar for other deities to emulate was called the “…Divine Potter and the Lord of the created things from Himself…” Identify this Egyptian Mythological Deity .

Answer 60

Khnum

Question 61

Pharaoh Shabaka in 712 B.C. launched the extradition of the rebellious captive Rahel Iamani to Assyria. He and his Military advocated the Assyrian citizens’ staged protest and political uprising against King Sargon . This Persian Sumerian King quelled and vanquished the political dissonance and dissenters in this CITY of Ashdod.

Answer 61

Philistine City

Question 62

Pharaoh Tarharqa of the 25th Dynasty ( reigned 690 B.C. - 664 B.C. ) : His International diplomacy escalated into the inevitable war with Assyria . He established alliance with Phoenicia and Phillistia who shared a common enemy : Assyria. The Mut Temple at Karnak’s List of Conquered Asiatic Principalities ascertained the Historical Legacy of Taharqa’s successful military campaigns. Its Sanam Temple inscribed this “…Conquered people and Countries ( Libya , Shasu nomads , Phoenicians…Khor in Palestine …”).

Answer 62

Tarharqa’s International Diplomacy

Question 63

Pharaoh Tarharqa demonstrated Military prowess by engaging his battalion in long distance running . This prepared them for the war with Assyria. He installed 3 military garrisons and fortification. Identify them.

Answer 63

Semna Fort , Buhen Fort , and Qasr Ibrim Fortress

Question 64

Pharaoh Taharqa was in retreat and escapade for 4 years until his death. He was interred and buried at the Mortuary in Nuri , which was his largest commissioned project. Its rupestrian cut tomb of neoteric Sudan sits along the West side of the Nile overlooking the 4th cataract. It is approximately 15 km North of Sanam and 10 km from Gebel Barkal . As per the Archaeological finds , the burial accoutrements embellished the inlaid. Of 1070 Shabtis ( figurine ) ranging in kaleidoscopic spectrum of gemstones : ankerite , alabaster , Chalcedony , and granite. When did Pharaoh Taharqa passed away ?

Answer 64

664 B.C.

Question 65

She was one of the issuance of Pharaoh Kashta and Queen Pebatjma who originated from the Kingdom of Kush. Her regnant father installed her as the God’s Wife of Amun. Subsequently , Shepenutupet II , the Divine Adoratrice of Amun , adopted her for Priestess recruitment. This adopted High Priestess herself ruled between 714 B.C.-700 B.C. during the reigns of Pharaohs Shabaka and Shabataka. Her adoption of Pharaoh Pianhki’s daughter ensured her as the next female successor. In her lifetime , she officiated as both , Divine Adoratrice of Amun and God’s Hand. She was buried at Medinet Habu. Who was she ?

Answer 65

Amenirdis I

Question 66

The Ancient titulary is second to God’s Wife of Amun. The nominated women served as a Chief Priestess of the Ancient Egyptian deity Amun. During the 1st Millennium B.C. , the Priestess held the incumbent officeholder position . She brokered the Ancient Egyptian Mercantilism via her control of the economy. On the political landscape , she weighed in her judgment anent the Pharaoh’s Transfer of Power . She ruled over the Temple’s Spiritual Services . Shepenutupet II, Amenirdis I , and Nitiqret were all purely African women occupying this honorable title and capacity.

Answer 66

Divine Adoratrice of Amun

Question 67

The Burial site for the Divine Adoratrice of Amun is geographically situated at Theban Hills on the West Bank. Along the River Nile , it overlooks the neoteric Metropolis of the Luxor . The Contemporary society associates it with Ramesses III’s Mortuary. This Historic landmark houses the obscured Chapels of Shepenutupet II, Amenirdis I , and Nitiqret.

Answer 67

Medinet Habu

Question 68

Thebais was a geographic zone confined in the Thebaid region . It comprised of 13 Southernmost Nomes in Ancient Upper Egypt . It Stretched from Abydos to Aswan . Pharaoh Kashta of the 8th Century ruled over this provincial region.

Answer 68

Thebais

Question 69

The Greeks and Hellenistic dominion prevailed upon its Conquest of Egypt beginning in 332 B.C. Its Naissance of the Ptolrmaic Dynasty spanned fir over 3 Centuries . It temporarily ceased the Egyptian control of the Empire. Who staged the invasion , takeover , and control of this Dynasty in 30 B.C. . ?

Answer 69

Byzantine Roman

Question 70

The Sandstone Wall on the Kawa Temple featured King Aspelta making a foundational offering to Ram headed Amun Re who was accompanied by Anukis. This symbolizes Morality and Justice as illustrated by the winged goddess with Ostrich feathers in her crown. The Pharaoh is the guardian and the protector of its foundational offering .

Answer 70

Ma’at

Question 71

The year 671 B.C. was a deplorable chapter in the history of Pharaoh Taharqa’s reign. The Assyrian King Esarhaddon executed his xenophobic and ruthless military campaign as he marshalled his troops to conquer Lower Egypt and Memphis . He imposed tribute and staged the captivity of Pharaoh ‘s Royal family: his Prince __?__ , his polygamous wives , his royal court who were truncated as hostages in Assyria. Esarhaddon nefariously purloined Pharaoh Taharqa’s auriferous Deshret ( headdress) and horses. All confiscated items were taken to Assyria. Who was the the captured Prince ?

Answer 71

Prince Nes Anhuret

Question 72

The Egyptian Mythology is replete with a variety of Cosmogonies. The Cult of Egyptian Deity herein conceptualizes and symbolically represents the aura of homeostasis , Cosmic order , and divine equilibrium in Ancient Egypt . “…that which is Straight or Truth…” This Deity is a genealogical offspring of Ra who rose from the Water of Nun ( the representational Chaos ) . Given her unique character of harmony and justice , she challenged the counteracted chaos. Her husband Thor personifies the god of Wisdom.

Answer 72

Egyptian Mythology of Ma’at

Question 73

This 8th Century B.C. Pharaoh ruled the Kushite Dynasty of Ancient Nubia . His immediate predecessor
and successor respectively comprised of King Alara and Pharaoh Pianhki . The assigned nomen of his ‘ K3st3 ‘ meant the ‘ the Kushite ‘ . He and his wife, Queen Pebatjma, brought forth the issuance of the presumed sons of Pianhki and Shabaka and the genealogical daughters of Amenirdis I and Nereukaka. Earlier , he had limited territorial jurisdiction of Nubia, where he governed from Napata. He installed Amenirdis as the presumptive God’s Wife of Amun and Divine Adoratrice of Amun in Thebes. This politically legitimized his power as he gained the acquisition of Thebais. Various garrisons were stationed as military protection against the Lower Egypt probable threat . Who was this Kushite Pharaoh with NO history of military campaigns?

Answer 73

Pharaoh Kashta

Question 74

This Island coaxing the Nile is a Metropolis of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The Stele of Victory Monument is a dedication to Pharaoh Pianhki. It graced this soliterraneous isle that is designated as the UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.

Answer 74

Elephantine

Question 75

This Kushite ruler of Napata has more stelae than his predecessors of the 25th Dynasty. His Monarchical reign spanned from 600 B.C. to 580 B.C. amid the Egyptian Late Period (664 B.C. - 332 B.C.) . His prenomen , Merykare “ translates as “…Re is one whose Ka is loved..” The journey to Kingship began with the 24 military and religious leaders Committee’s nomination of him to the throne. At Napata , the Egyptian Mythological gods ordained & coronated him as King. This Napathan King practiced polygamy with Henuttakhebit , Meqemale , Asata, and Artaha . Madiqen was his presumed sororal and incestuous relation. Who was this Napathan King .?

Answer 75

King Aspelta

Question 76

This brave Tearco Aethiopian was a notable Conqueror during the 25th Dynasty . As the primogeniture of Pharaoh Pianhki , he assumed the titulary as a Kushitic Qore of Napata . The Serapeum Stele verified his reign from 690 B.C. -664B.C. Its inscription annunciated his Ascension to power. I received the Crown in Memphis after the Falcon flew to heaven …” His governance was Monarchy.

Answer 76

Pharaoh Taharqa

Question 77

Pharaoh Taharqa( r, 690 B.C. - 664 B.C.) as a revered Tearco Aethiopian forged Autarchy based polity. It revolved around the centralization of government. The Ecosystem enhanced the sustainability of the Nile river deluge, which culminated into economic prosperity , cultivar surfeits , and oenology . They freely imbibed the processed wine. He made a Pharaonic pledge of the Gold largess to the Temple of Amun at Kawa. Pharaonic Aesthetics resonated and revived as a dominant motif . He embellished the extant Gebel Barkal. Temple with sanctuaries complex. What region became Taharqa’s home of his Pyramidal Mortuary ?

Answer 77

Nuri

Question 78

The Arabs of the Rashidun Caliphate staged a Conquest of Byzantine Egypt in 641 A.D. They also occluded and blocked both Aksum Empire and Christian Nubia from the Mediterranean Christendom . From 651 to 652 A.D. the avaricious Arabs invaded Christian Nubia and however encountered the Nubian Archers’ resistance. This led to the BAQT Treaty ( or Bakt Treaty ) or the Arabs recognition of Christian Nubia Sovereignty and Trade regulation . This International accord spanned for 600 years.of controlled International Diplomacy between Christian Nubia and Islamic Egypt.

Answer 78

Arabs of Rashidun Caliphate

Question 79

The Ancient Capital of Kemet that functioned as the political power base and as seat of government.

Answer 79

Memphis

Question 80

This is one of the Second Ancient Nubian kingdom of the 3rd Millennium ( 4100BC) as a direct emanative creation of the dissolved Ta Seti sacral chiefdom. It was consolidated into a smaller ruling society. Geographically , it existed along the Southern terrain of Egypt . There is a paucity of Historical data anent its society , politics , culture , economy and civilization. Yet , it thrived well into the 18th Century B.C. and succumbed to Kerma’ s conquest.

Answer 80

Sai Kingdom

Question 81

The 36th Century B.C. evolved as the naissance of the sacral chiefdom . It arose around 3500 B.C. . The appointed African Chiefs had an illusory deified power over his governed subjects . He exercised jurisdictional authority over the Nile zone of Ancient Northern Nubia. The Nile Valley stretched from the 1st cataract to the 2nd Cataracts. The Chief had representational control over Upper region. Henotheism was ritualistically observed as a religion. The Symbiosis of the Mercantile trade and commerce sponsored limited International base ( Palestine ). Their exportable article of commerce encompassed Ebony , Ivory , quarried and auriferous gold , smelted copper and Ostrich feathers . Its dissolution surfaced around the 32nd Century ( 3100 B.C.) . The sacral chiefdom emasculated under the gravitational force and weight of a New imposing Dynasty : the self proclaimed Pharaoh of Egypt . Narmer( Menses ) wielded his uncontestable influence as he mustered monopolistic power and territorial dominion. He forged the Historic Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. Hor Aha I of the Dynastic Pharaoh staged the invasion and irruption of Ta Seti sacral chiefdom in a surprise ambush. This conquered chiefdom eventually consolidated into smaller and dichotomized ruling societies : Sai & Kerma.

Answer 81

Ta Seti Sacral Chiefdom