Kingdom of Kush
Also known as Kush, Kushite Empire
c. 1070 BCE – c. CE 350 / kingdom in Nubia (modern-day Sudan), northeast Africa
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The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African state located in Nubia (in what is now Sudan) that flourished for over 1,400 years, from around 1070 BCE until approximately 350 CE. It represents an important civilization in northeast Africa with its own distinct history and development over more than a millennium.
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- Nubia NASA-WW places german.jpg
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- Kingdom of Kush
- name in kana
- クシテ
- inception
- 2180-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0350-00-00
- name
- ⲉϭⲱϣ
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Today part ofSudan Egypt
The Kingdom of Kush (/kʊʃ, kʌʃ/; Ancient Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉, romanized: kꜣš; Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒆪𒌋𒋛, romanized: Kūsi; in LXX Χους, Khous or Αἰθιοπία, Aithiopía; Coptic: ⲉϭⲱϣ, romanized: Ečōš; Hebrew: כּוּשׁ, romanized: Kūš), 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.