State

Kingdom of Kush

c. 1070 BCE – c. CE 350 / kingdom in Nubia (modern-day Sudan), northeast Africa

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2180 BCE – 350 CE
Founded
2180 BCE
Ended
350 CE
Capital
Napata, Meroë

Overview

The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

The region of Nubia was an early cradle of civilization, producing several complex societies that engaged in trade and industry. The city-state of Kerma emerged as the dominant political force between 2450 and 1450 BC, controlling the Nile Valley between the first and fourth cataracts, an area as large as Egypt. The Egyptians were the first to identify Kerma as "Kush" probably from the indigenous ethnonym "Kasu", and over the next several centuries the two civilizations engaged in intermittent warfare, trade, and cultural exchange.

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All rulers (1)

  1. Amanitore100 CE

Records (3)

  1. 593 BCE — Battle of NapataBattle · Egypt ▸ Nubia
  2. 25–22 BCE — Nubian WarWar
  3. 23 BCE — Battle of NapataBattle · Rome ▸ Nubia

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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