Compare And Contrast Pyramid And Nubian Pyramids

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The Nubian's copied the Egyptian's and not the other way around. The Egyptian's conquered and colonize Nubia and in doing so established forts and temples. The nubian pyramids are not the same as the Egyptian pyramids. The Nubian pyramids where very small and steep compared to the Egyptian pyramids. The Nubian pryamdys were vastly inferior compared to the ancient Egyptian's.

4) Nubian's didn't construct there first Pyramid until the 18th century dynasty of ancient Egypt.. Around 3100 BC did the north and south Egypt unite as one nation while Nubian's known as kushites didn't have a kingdom until 2500 BC. Egypt existed before Nubia.

5) Nubian's had a different language they spoke Nilotic not Afro-Asiatic which is what the ancient egyptians

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