Terms & Names
1. Explain the importance of
Nubia Piankhi smelting
Kush Meroë
Using Your Notes
Explaining Sequence Use your completed time
line to answer the following question:
2. What event marked the end of the Kushite
kingdom based in Napata?
Main Ideas
3. How was the Nile important to the relationship
between Nubia and Egypt?
4. What was the most significant achievement of
Piankhi’s rule?
5. Why did the people of Meroë learn to smelt
iron?
Critical Thinking
6. Comparing How did Piankhi’s reign differ from
that of Taharqa in the control of Egypt?
7. Drawing Conclusions What factors made the
Kushites move their capital to Meroë?