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Nubia and Meroe
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History
7th Grade
05/13/2012

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What was Nubia's contact with Egypt like?
Definition
trading and fighting, borrowed parts of their cultures
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What was the center of Nubian civilization?
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Meroe
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From when to when did Nubia flourish in Meroe?
Definition
300 and 100 BCE
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How was Meroe governed?
Definition
governed by a powerful/sacred monarch
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What were some examples of the economic specialties in Meroe?
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merchants, potters, weavers, masons, iron workers, servants, laborers and slaves
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Were nubian farmers dependent on the nile? why?
Definition
no; because of rain
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What funded Meroe's wealth and military power?
Definition
long distance trade to the north
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What was the culture of Meroe like?
Definition
influence of egypt declined, local gods grew more prominent, used Meroitic script
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When did Meroe decline?
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100 BCE
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WHo brought the fall of Meroe?
Definition
Axum
Term
coptic christianity
Definition
egyptian form of christianity
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After Meroe declined, how was Nubia fragmented?
Definition
as 3 seperate nubian states
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