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From the Ted Talk by Geoff Emberling: What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush?
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From 1500 to 1100 BCE, Egypt controlled Kush, introducing many Egyptian cultural and religious practices. The civilization of Kush was more than a thousand yaers old at that time. Its ealry capital city at Kerma had impressive tepmels, palaces, and hsueos, including a massive mudbrick temple structure that had a chapel deep inside, rahceed by a long stiarscae at the center. Rich gold mines helped the Kushites build a flourishing commercial network, making bronze weapons and tloos and trading materials like incense, animal skins, ivory, and ebony wood from sub-Saharan arifca.
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From 1500 to 1100 BCE, Egypt controlled Kush, introducing many Egyptian cultural and religious practices. The civilization of Kush was more than a thousand _____ old at that time. Its _____ capital city at Kerma had impressive _______, palaces, and ______, including a massive mudbrick temple structure that had a chapel deep inside, _______ by a long _________ at the center. Rich gold mines helped the Kushites build a flourishing commercial network, making bronze weapons and _____ and trading materials like incense, animal skins, ivory, and ebony wood from sub-Saharan ______.
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- early
- years
- temples
- houses
- tools
- africa
- reached
- staircase
Original Text
From 1500 to 1100 BCE, Egypt controlled Kush, introducing many Egyptian cultural and religious practices. The civilization of Kush was more than a thousand years old at that time. Its early capital city at Kerma had impressive temples, palaces, and houses, including a massive mudbrick temple structure that had a chapel deep inside, reached by a long staircase at the center. Rich gold mines helped the Kushites build a flourishing commercial network, making bronze weapons and tools and trading materials like incense, animal skins, ivory, and ebony wood from sub-Saharan Africa.
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