There were many significant characteristics of Ancient Egyptian and Nubian culture. Ancient Egypt was both a governmental and bureaucratic organization. It had a huge bureaucracy, along with rulers, in order to maintain control of the country’s region. Government and religion were the two most important things in Ancient Egypt. Nubia was both a trading and governmental organization, since much of their interests were in the prosperous trade along the Upper Nile, and they had strong leaders during the Kush rule of Egypt. When the Nubian government was at its best, it was usually a replication of the Egyptian government and law codes. There was a lucrative trade network from Egypt to Southern Africa for ebony wood and ivory products, and valuable
