| A | B |
|---|
| Nile River | longest river in Africa; the Nile passes through Nubia |
| Ancient Nubia | dry and harsh land |
| Cataracts | rocky rapids and waterfalls |
| The town of Aswan | serves as a border between Egypt and Nubia |
| Kush | currently called Nubia but was called Kush in ancient times |
| Lower Nubia | to the north, closest to Egypt |
| Upper Nubia | to the south |
| George Reisner | famous archaelologist excavated lower Nubia in the early 1900's |
| Piye | the first Nubian pharaoh of black dissent |
| Kandake | the mother of the king |
| Nubians | like Egyptians but usually had darker skin than the Egyptians. |
