| A | B |
| a type of dark, heavy wood | ebony |
| a white material made from elephant tusks | ivory |
| leader who extended Kushite territory north from Napata to the Nile Delta | Piankhi |
| a system of people in different lands who exchange goods | trade network |
| people who trade goods | merchants |
| items sent for sale in other regions | exports |
| goods brought in from other regions | imports |
| stretch of rapids | cataract |
| Aksumite king who took over Kush in AD 350 | King Ezana |
| Kushite leader who declared himself pharaoh, beginning the Kushite dynasty in Egypt | Shabaka |