Kingdom of Kush

Kingdom of kush

By giardini martina and melli emma

General information

- kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt;- about 780 BC –  AD 350 (Bronze Age to Late Antiquity) - Capital: Kerma, Napata e Meroë

The Native name

The native name of the Kingdom was recorded in Egyptian as kꜣš, likely pronounced IPA: [kuɫuʃ] or IPA: [kuʔuʃ] in Middle Egyptian, when the term was first used for Nubia, based on the New Kingdom-era Akkadian transliteration of the genitive kūsi.

TIMELINE

1069–780 BC

Early Napata period

656–270 BC

Late Napata period

780–656 BC

Middle Napata period

Hidtory

• The kingdom of Kush supplied Egypt with products from the interior of Africa;

• The Nile could have been used as a two-way corridor, but it wasn't;
• At first he was submissive to Egypt also from a political point of view. Then he achieved independence, and finally dominated Egypt itself;
• Assyrians arrived, who conquered most of Egypt;
• Egypt was conquered in succession by Persians, Greeks and Romans;
• Kush was ruled by a dynasty of queens;
• 1970- they were discovered

capital

Kingdom of kush

Napata

Moroe

• Was a city of ancient Kush at the fourth cataract of the Nile;
• it was sacked by the Egyptians and the Kushite capital was relocated to Meroë.

• About 591 BC, Meroe begin the capital;
• The area was rich in iron ore and hardwood for iron processing. The position also allowed access to trade routes to the Red Sea;
• It was the political capital and residence of the king.

Curiosity

• MathS

• Technology

The harmonious relationship.

Hydraulic Wheel

• Medicine

• Architecture

Antibiotic

Monuments

KIngs and queens

• All monarchs were direct descendants of previous monarch;
• Pisakar, Adeqetali, Teritnide, Arotnide e Teritedakhetey;
• The dynasty descended from the XXV Egyptian dynasty, of Nubian origin

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