1. Egypt and Nubia Seat work
Students will quietly enter the room, find your seats and discuss your three sticky notes on pages with your row group.
Central Question:
How where the interactions between Egypt and Nubia both positive and negative for both societies? (2.5c)
Have students review what they learned about civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. Guide them to point out how important the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were. Then have students predict what they will learn about the importance of rivers in ancient Egypt. When you have finished reading the section, have students come back to their predictions to see which ones were accurate.

2. Egypt and Nubia Quiz show:
What country did trade bring Nubia closer to?
Egypt
When did Nubian Kings first conquer parts of Egypt?
The 700’s B.C.
What was the name of the Nubian alphabet?
Meroitic script
Have students review what they learned about civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. Guide them to point out how important the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were. Then have students predict what they will learn about the importance of rivers in ancient Egypt. When you have finished reading the section, have students come back to their predictions to see which ones were accurate.

3. teachers interdependent?
Egypt and Nubia
How are students and
teachers interdependent?
Have students discuss ways that teachers and students depend on and work with one another. As a class, discuss ways teachers and students influence each other. Ask students to keep this discussion in mind as they read about Egypt and Nubia.

5. Key Ideas Trade led to cultural diffusion between Egypt
Egypt and Nubia
Key Ideas
Trade led to cultural diffusion between Egypt
and neighboring lands.
Nubia had a close relationship with Egypt
and shared elements of its culture.
Nubia was also a unique African civilization
with its own accomplishments.

6. Key Terms commerce—buying and selling of goods and services
Egypt and Nubia
Key Terms
commerce—buying and selling of goods and
services
ivory—hard white material made from elephant
tusks
interdependence—dependence by each country or group on the other
Meroitic script—one of the world’s first
alphabets, invented in ancient Nubia
ebony—black wood from West Africa
Students should use the Word Wise feature in this chapter of their Student Journal to explore Key Terms.

8. Why did Egypt need to trade
Egypt and Nubia
Trade in Ancient Egypt
Why did Egypt need to trade
with other countries?
Help students think about how the natural resources of Egypt and Nubia contributed to what they traded.

9. Trade in the Nile Valley
Egypt and Nubia
Trade in the Nile Valley
Nubia supplied Egypt with gold and elephant tusks.
Egypt supplied Nubia with grain, cloth, papyrus, glass, and jewelry.
This trade between the two nations created
interdependence.
Trade also brought closer contact and allowed the
two nations to influence each other. Nubians adopted elements of Egyptian culture including religion.

10. The Land of Nubia Cataracts made travel in Nubia difficult.
Egypt and Nubia
The Land of Nubia
Cataracts made travel in Nubia difficult.
Nubia had less farming land than Egypt and traded for food.
Nubia had closer contact with African peoples south of the Sahara than Egypt.
Written records from Egypt and Nubia provide most of the information we have about Nubia.
Remind students that the existence of written papyrus records has been invaluable for historians and archaeologists who study ancient civilizations.

11. Neighbors and Enemies Following which pharaoh’s rule did
Egypt and Nubia
Neighbors and Enemies
Following which pharaoh’s rule did
the new Kingdom grow weak?
How did Piye conquer Egypt?
Why did Nubian control of Egypt
come to an end?
Remind students that where once Egypt and Nubia had been relatively congenial neighbors and trading partners, they reached a point where conquest and empire-building replaced amity. What motivated Egypt and Nubia to go to battle with each other?

12. Nubian Civilization After Egypt destroyed Napata, the Nubians
Egypt and Nubia
Nubian Civilization
After Egypt destroyed Napata, the Nubians
moved the capital city south to Meroë. Meroë
was located near iron deposits for ironworking
and along trade routes, increasing Nubia’s
wealth.
Nubian pyramids were steeper than Egyptian
ones but served the same purpose.
Candaces were powerful female rulers in Nubia.
The Meroitic script was one of the world’s first
alphabets.

14. Rotations Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Not today Group 1 Handheld Device
Research Station
Group 1
Group 3
Group 2
Group 4