Ancient Egypt vs. Nubia
A debate has been raging recently regarding whether Nubia was equal in strength, power, and was as successful as Ancient Egypt. Many people believe that the Nubians were just as powerful as Ancient Egypt but in my opinion from the information I have read Egypt was the dominate culture. Egypt had many great natural resources that gave it an advantage over nearby areas such as gold, copper and stone for building monuments and temples. Next, Egypt had an army that was stronger in force and also had more modern tools and weapons for their use. Finally the Ancient Egyptians proved they were a successful empire due to the length of time they remained in control. We will look at both cultures closely and compare strengths
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They had gold, ivory and other precious metals that were used for making various goods. Since Nubia was a major corridor to central Africa and point for trade, it made it a valuable territory. Egypt invaded Nubia and secured the corridor and most of their natural resources. According to an excerpt from ““Nubia – Its Glory and its people”, The Ancient Egyptians also captured 7000 Nubians and took them back to Egypt and used them as laborers on building projects. The took Nubian treasures and made them part of their wealth. While the Nubians had an army, it was not as large as the Egyptian army. Their weapons were not as advanced as they were made from reeds and stones. Only later when Nubia had a strong King would it rule Egypt. This of course was only for a short period of time though.
Both Ancient Egypt and Nubia were strong and powerful. Both had valuable resources and both had fierce armies. But when you compare the facts, Ancient Egypt was the stronger of the two. Egypt took control of Nubia, captured their people, claimed their resources and added it to Egypt's wealth. The Ancient Egyptian army was way more powerful than the Nubian army. The weapons used by each vary greatly as Egyptians used weapons made of metal and Nubia used primitive ones made from wood and stone. Ancient Egyptians ruled for many centuries while Nubia only ruled for a
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Egypt has been around more than 7000 years. U.S has been around for 200-300 years. In addition, Egypt has two thirds archaeology of the world. U.S has no archaeology. Also, because Egypt has been around for many years, Egypt conquest by many countries such as France, England, Turkey and many other. In addation, we learned many languages and they used Egypt food and money to help their countries, but U.S had never conquest under any other countries. In addtion, U.S is powerful with young