Kingdom of Kush

Kingdom of Kush Kuluš
1070 BC–AD 350
Capital	Kerma; Napata; later Meroe
Common languages	Meroitic, Nubian
Religion	Nubian religion
Government	Monarchy
King
History
• Established	1070 BC
• Capital moved to Napata	780 BC
• Capital moved to Meroe	591 BC
• Disestablished	AD 350
Population
• Egyptian phase[1]	100000
• Meroite phase[1]	1,150,000
Preceded by Succeeded by New Kingdom of Egypt Nobatia Makuria Aksumite Empire
Today part of	Egypt  Sudan

Kush civilization had its center in the region of Nubia. This was in northern Sudan of today. We know about it through the Egyptians who moved south around 2500 BC. When the Middle Kingdom of Egypt ended, an independent kingdom of Kush developed. About 1500 BC Egyptians moved southwards again, but this time met organized resistance. Historians are not sure whether this resistance came from many city states or a single unified empire. The Egyptians won, and the region became a colony of Egypt under the control of Thutmose I. The region supplied Egypt with resources.

In the eleventh century BC internal disputes in Egypt caused colonial rule to collapse and an independent kingdom arose based at Napata in Nubia. This kingdom was ruled by locals who overthrew the colonial regime. But Kush had many beliefs and gods in common with Egypt.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stearns, Peter N., ed. (2001). "(II.B.4.) East Africa, c. 2000–332 BC". Encyclopedia of World History (6th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-395-65237-4.^{[permanent dead link]}