Kushite/Nubian Period

Question 1

What did the Royal burial structures @ el-Kurru look like?

Answer 1

early timbs were Nubian while later ones were more Egyptian

Question 2

Which cult was important?

Answer 2

Cult of Amun

Question 3

What changes did the Kushites make to kingship ideology?

Answer 3

Royal iconography became different and succession became from one brother to another

Question 4

What similarities were there in royal rule in the Nubian Period?

Answer 4

memphis remained the royal capital and tombs in a pyramid style

Question 5

What was Gebel Barkal?

Answer 5

the dwelling place of Amun

Question 6

What was Piye’s Stela?

Answer 6

commemoration of Piye’s success at reunifying Egypt and how it was his divine right

Question 7

Did Nubians remove all Libyan kinglets and local rulers?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

How did the Nubians gain control over the South?

Answer 8

1. Military strength
2. alliances with local rulers
3. religious propaganda
4. cultural assimilation

Question 9

Piye

Answer 9

founder of the 25th dynasty and reunified Egypt

Question 10

Shabka

Answer 10

continued consolidation and restored temples

Question 11

Shebitku

Answer 11

period of stability

Question 12

Tahraqa

Answer 12

expanded empire and military campaigns in Levant

Question 13

Tantamani/Tanutamun

Answer 13

fell to the Assyrians