| A | B |
|---|
| Ahmase I | New Kingdom Pharaoh who drove out Hykos and reunited Egypt |
| Amenhotos I | Pharaoh who defended/expanded Egyptian territory |
| Hatshepsut | female Egyptian Pharaoh |
| Akenaton | Pharaoh who instituted monotheism |
| Rames II | Pharaoh who defeated Hittites |
| Nubia | ancient kingdom south of Egypt |
| expedition | group of people on a trip for a specific reason |
| Piye | King of Kush who invaded Egypt abd Nubia in about 730 BC |
| Kush | ancient kingdom in NE Africa; conquered by Egypt and later regained independence and flourished through trade between 500 BC and 150 AD |
| Kerma | ancient capital of Kush |
| Social Pyramid | diagram illustrating the social order divisions within a culture; most powerful at the peak, least powerful at the bottom |
| cataract | steep rapid in a river |
