Historical Figure

Taharqa

King of Kush and pharaoh of Egypt

Born: 720 BCE · Died: 663 BCENationality: Kingdom of Kush

About Taharqa

Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒋻𒄣𒌑, romanized: Tarqû; Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, romanized: Tīrhāqā; Manetho's Τάρακος, Tárakos; Strabo's Τεαρκὼ, Tearkṑ, Septuagint's Θαρακὰ, Tharakà, was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the Black Pharaohs – also called Nubian or Kushite Pharaohs – who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Kingdom1070 BCE – 350 CE

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.