Kingdom1070 BCE – 350 CEAfrica

Kingdom of Kush

The Kingdom of Kush in modern Sudan was a major Nile Valley civilization that conquered and ruled Egypt as the 25th Dynasty (c. 747-656 BCE), and later developed the distinctive Meroitic culture with its own writing system, iron industry, and pyramid tradition.

Key Figures
Piye (Piankhi)TaharqaAmanirenasNatakamani

Preceding Causes

After Egypt's New Kingdom weakened and fragmented during the Third Intermediate Period, Kushite kings unified Upper Egypt and Nubia, eventually conquering all of Egypt under King Piye (Piankhi).

Empirec. 3100 BCE

Rise of the Egyptian Civilization

Ancient Egypt developed one of history's earliest and most enduring civilizations along the Nile, unified under the first pharaoh Narmer around 3100 BCE.

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