World History

World History Students
Your assignment for Monday September 27th is to read Chapter 4, section 1 in your textbooks. It is entitled "The Empires of Egypt and Nubia Collide." You need to answer the following questions on a Pages document and turn it in at the beginning of class on Tuesday. You are allowed to use earbuds to listen to music while you work. Happy studying.

Questions

1. Who were the Hyskos?

2. Who was the powerful female ruler of the New Kingdom in Egypt? What kinds of things did she do during her reign?

3. Describe the relationship between the Egyptians and the Hittites.

4. Where did the term "Pharaoh" come from? What does it mean?

5. Describe the Valley of the Kings.

6. Who are the "People of the Sea?" What did they do?

7. What was it that caused the Egyptian Empire to lose power?

8. How did the Kushite Dynasty come to power?

9. Describe how Nubian and Egyptian cultures mixed.

10. Who became Egypt's 25th Dynasty? How did they accomplish that?