Why were the Kushites able to control Egypt during the eighth century BCE?

A. The Egyptians needed stronger leadership to thwart an Assyrian invasion.
B. The Egyptian pharaohs had become weakened due to inbreeding.
C. The Kushites invaded Egypt, killed the pharaoh, and seized control.
D. The Kushites controlled most of Egypt’s debt from building programs.


Answer: A

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

Theatre probably originated first in _____

a) Europe b) The Americas c) Antarctica d) Oceania e) Africa

Art & Culture

Outline the rise and fall of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola in post-Medici Florence

Please provide the best answer for the statement.

Art & Culture

Isabel Allende's novel The House of Spirits (1982) creates a fictional world that reconstructs the history of __________

A. Chile B. Brazil C. Peru D. Argentina E. Paraguay

Art & Culture

A big improvement in photography, based on Fox Talbot's work, was __________

A. keeping light out of the process B. taking a long time for exposures C. the development of a means of creating multiple copies of an image D. the zoom lens

Art & Culture