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	Ancient Sudan: (aka The Kingdom of Kush & Ancient Nubia), City of Meroë
		During antiquity the Kingdom of Kush, it is said, was one of the richest countries of the known world.
		Kush was one of the main gold-producing areas in the ancient world.
		The Kingdom of Kush formed an ideal extrepot for the caravan routes between the Red Sea, the Upper Nile and the Nile-Chad savannah.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/kush.html (1734 words)

	Nubia - Crystalinks
		Kush's position athwart the trade routes from Egypt to the Red Sea, and from the Nile to the south and west, brought considerable wealth from far-off places.
		The subsequent history of Kush is one of gradual decay, ending with inglorious extinction in AD 350 by the king of Aksum, who marched down from the Ethiopian highlands, destroyed Meroe, and sacked the decrepit towns along the river.
		The 200 years from the fall of Kush to the middle of the 6th century is an unknown age in the Sudan.
	www.crystalinks.com /nubia.html (4330 words)

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		Kingdoms Kush at Napata and Meroe) were quite worrisome to Egypt, who often tried to subjugate them or, at least, repel them from its own economic interests in Nubia.
		During the Egyptian New Kingdom, Kerma-Nubians were to be found in Egypt living in their own communities, especially at Edfu and Ballas in Upper Egypt and at Memphis and Ghurob in Lower Egypt, where they were almost certainly employed as mercenaries in the Egyptian army.
		Among the responsibilities of the Viceroy of Kush was to maintain the annual levy of Nubian tribute to the Egyptian royal court, especially that of gold, which late in the reign of Tuthmosis III averaged 283.5 kilograms (i.e., 623 lbs.) per year.
	www.sahar7.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /5.htm (15193 words)

	Africa for Kids - Ancient African Kingdoms - Kingdom of Kush
		The Kingdom of Kush (also called Nubia - the Land of Gold) was located on the Nile River, to the south of ancient Egypt.
		Kush was the iron center of ancient Africa.
		Kush was also one of the major gold producers in the ancient world.
	africa.mrdonn.org /kush.html (976 words)

	Ancient history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The western half of the empire, including Hispania, Gaul, and Italy, eventually broke into independent kingdoms in the 5th century; the eastern empire, governed from Constantinople, is referred to as the Byzantine Empire after AD 476, the traditional date for the "fall of Rome" and subsequent onset of the Middle Ages.
		Amongst the sixteen Mahajanapadas, the kingdom of Magadha rose to prominence under a number of dynasties that peaked in power under the reign of Ashoka Maurya, one of India's most legendary and famous emperors.
		These kingdoms, while not part of Asoka's empire, were in friendly terms with the Maurya Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_history (4102 words)

	Chapter 7: Lesson 4 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Since the time of the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptians had considered Kush to be part of their empire.
		Kush remained a part of Egypt until the end of the New Kingdom period.
		Shabaka's kingdom extended from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea to the borders of what is today the country of Ethiopia in Africa.
	www.newton.mec.edu /oakhill/sixtwo/message/ch7l4.htm (2588 words)

	Civilizations in Africa: Kush
		Because of this, Egyptian civilization diffused southward and a new African kingdom was built up in the floodplain around the Nile's third cataract: the Kush.
		Kush attained its greatest power and cultural energy between 1700 and 1500 BC during the Third Intermediate period in Egypt.
		The domination of Egypt by the Hyksos allowed Kush to come out from under the hegemony of Egypt and flower as a culture; this period ended, however, when the New Kingdom kings, having thrown the Hyksos out of Egypt, reconquered Kush and brought it under Egyptian colonial rule.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CIVAFRCA/KUSH.HTM (640 words)

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		Second, it encouraged them to invade Nubia and to destroy the kingdom of Kush, which had by then siezed all of the Nile Valley northwards to Aswan itself.
		The plan adopted by the new pharaohs was to invade Kush, annex its territory to Egypt, govern it directly, and sieze control of the Africa trade.
		The "Eastern Deffufa" was associated with the worship or preparation for burial of the dead kings.
	www.nubianet.org /about/about_history4.html (1719 words)

	Ancient Nubia -- Courtesy of Return To Glory...
		By 770 BC, the Kingdom of Kush had extended its borders north to the boundaries of the Upper Nile and began to take a leading role in African affairs that was to last 1000 years.
		Kush is ruled by both kings and queens equally, with the queen, or Kandake (from which we get the present day female name of Candice) often taking the leading role in civil and international affairs.
		Kush was freed from further tribute, the borders were established at their Ptolemaic location, and Premnis was returned to Kushite control.
	www.freemaninstitute.com /Gallery/nubia.htm (2214 words)

	NUBIA
		The Kingdoms engaged in trade and constant warfare on the Sudan-Egyptian disputed border.
		The Nubian rulers of Kush believed this was a sign from the God Amon of their right to the Egyptian throne.
		The Kingdom of Kush, with its alphabet, commerce and architectural triumphs was the equal of its ancient world counterparts.
	www.internetpuppets.org /afrnubia.html (1518 words)

	Kush, Kingdom of - ThroneWiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This kingdom appeared, seemingly, spontaneously in the western highlands of the Himilayan mountains around 1743 (T207).
		Kingdom of the Kushans: The ‘flower kingdom’ moured the untimely death of princess Jahina, the beloved wife of prince Mujehendra.
		The meddling of the Kushans in Ferghana resulted in the temporary conquest of the Grivpani i’ Tamerlane being overthrown – particularly as the Grivpani had marched away to fight evil somewhere else.
	test.throneworld.com /wiki/index.php/Kush,_Kingdom_of (1901 words)

	Nubia
		The kingdom of Kush survived longer than that of Egypt, even invading and controlling Egypt itself for a period (the Kushite dynasty) in the 8th century BC.
		Eventually three smaller kingdoms replaced it: northernmost was Nobatia between the first and second cataract of the Nile River, with its capital at Pachoras (modern day Faras); in the middle was Makuria, with its capital at Old Dongola; and southernmost was Alodia, with its capital at Soba (near Khartoum).
		However, John of Bisclorum records that the kingdom of Makuria was converted to Roman Catholicism the same year, suggesting that John of Ephesus might be mistaken.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fen%2FNubia (1524 words)

	Archaeology - Kingdom of Kush - Egyptian Civilization - New York Times
		From deciphered Egyptian documents and modern archaeological research, it is now known that for five centuries in the second millennium B.C., the kingdom of Kush flourished with the political and military prowess to maintain some control over a wide territory in Africa.
		Kush’s governing success would seem to have been anomalous, or else conventional ideas about statehood rest too narrowly on the experiences of early civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.
		Their kingdom declined and eventually disappeared by the end of the 16th century B.C., as Egypt grew more powerful and expansive under rulers of the period known as the New Kingdom.
	www.nytimes.com /2007/06/19/science/19kush.html?ex=1339992000&en=c92ddc00b548b0aa&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink (906 words)

	Ancient Gold Center Discovered on the Nile
		Evidence of large-scale gold extraction in the ancient Nubian kingdom of Kush has been found along the Nile River, archaeologists will announce today (see pictures).
		The first recorded kingdom in sub-Saharan Africa, Kush was one of the first civilizations to take hold in the Nile River Valley.
		The kingdom "was unusual in that it was able to use the tools of power—military and governance—without having a system of writing, an extensive bureaucracy, or numerous urban centers," Emberling said.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2007/06/070619-gold-nile.html (343 words)

	The Kingdom of Kush
		The Twenty-Fifth Dynasty of the pharaohs of Egypt was established by the kings of Kush.
		Kush, while not as glorious as Egypt in the building of pyramids and temples, did eclipse Egypt in one area: the manufacture of iron.
		Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush, 2500-1500 B.C.: The Archaeological Discovery of an Ancient Nubian Empire, Timothy Kendall.
	www.blackhistorypages.net /pages/kush.php (254 words)

	Egypt History 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kingdom of Kush - originated in the fourth millennium BCE, and situated in what is the home of the Nubian people today.
		Nubia The Land Upriver: Meroë - describes the rise and progression of the Kingdom of Meroë from the transfer of the seat of the Kingdom of Kush from Napata to Meroë.
		The Kingdom of Meroë - briefly describes the founding and history of the ancient Nubian kingdom.
	www.arabinfoseek.com /egypt_history_2.htm (314 words)

	Kingdom of Kush (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kingdom of Kush (or Cush) was one of the most important in the history of the African Continent.
		The kingdom of Kush was situated in what is the home of the Nubian people today.
		Kush, on the other hand, was placed in the area around the Third Cataract of the Nile.
	loki.stockton.edu /~gilmorew/consorti/1iafric.htm (293 words)

	Jewish Roots in Africa
		A Jewish presence in Egypt and the former Kingdom of Kush are described in the Book of Exodus.
		These kingdoms often lent their military backing to these colonizing efforts, which led to the establishment of numerous settlements by Jewish artisans and traders throughout these regions.
		Yet, indeed, there are a number of historical records of small Jewish kingdoms and tribal groups known as Beni Israel that were part of the Wolof and Mandinge communities.
	www.kulanu.org /africa/africa2.html (1663 words)

	SSFP Home Page
		Until recently very little was known about the ancient kingdom of Kush.
		Kush was rich with gold, according to the Egyptian historians.
		This land, and the kingdom, was known as Kush.
	www.simpsonstreetfreepress.org (153 words)

	Quia - Ancient Egypt and Kush Ch. 9-10
		Kush was a great place to trade because travelers from many places passed through Kush from S. Africa, Rome, China, India and Saudi Arabia.
		During Kush's Golden Age they left Egyptian ways behind and developed their own language, returned to their own religion and developed their own styles of art, pottery, architecture and dress.
		Kush returned to the old style of rulership where queens co-ruled with their sons or husbands and were considered goddesses.
	www.quia.com /jg/541419list.html (793 words)

	Sudan. Africa, North Africa, North eastern Africa, Egyptian history, (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Around 5,000 years ago the rich and powerful nation called the kingdom of Kush (also referred to as ancient Nubia) was a counter of culture and military might in Africa.
		Northeast Sudan, was colonised by Egypt about 2000 B.C and was ruled by the Kush kingdom from the 8 th century B.C to the 4 th century A.D. Most of Nubia was converted to Coptic Christianity in the 6 th century, but by the 15 th century Islam prevailed.
		The Christian Nubian kingdoms, surviving many centuries reached their peak of prosperity and military power in the 9 th and 10 th centuries.
	www.emma.tv /global_village/africa/sudan_history.aspx (401 words)

	Royalty.nu - Royalty in Africa - Kings and Queens of Ancient Nubia
		The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meriotic Civilization by Laszlo Torok.
		Discusses the emergence of the native state of Kush, the rule of the kings of Kush in Egypt, and the history of the kingdom in the Napatan and Meroitic periods.
		The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires by Derek A. Welsby.
	www.royalty.nu /Africa/Nubia.html (873 words)

	Humanities
		The pharaoh in the north, at the new administrative center named Tanis, was challenged by princes and military leaders in the south and in the Middle East.
		Unity was restored to Egypt by the kings of Kush from Nubia who, at the request of beleaguered rulers in Thebes, invaded Egypt.
		When the kings from Kush ruled Egypt during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, their commitment to Egyptian institutions was an important strategy to establish their legitimacy.
	www.uhigh.ilstu.edu /soc/human/c2.htm (1179 words)

	Kush (Napata and Meroe)
		The kingdom was heavily influenced by the Egyptians.
		The Kingdom of Kush eventually was moved further south, perhaps because of conflict with the Romans, and became the Kingdom of Meroe.
		The Kingdom of Meroe lay to the south of Egypt and was the successor to the earlier state of Kush.
	www.geocities.com /mariamnephilemon/names/libya/kush.html (857 words)

	The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires
		And where the history of Kush touches on an event that may already be known to many readers - that being the Kushite intervention against Assyria in its assault on Jerusalem in 701 BC, as ambiguously recounted in the Old Testament -- Welsby fails to treat it with the rigor the episode deserves.
		Kush was not Egypt, but it ruled Egypt for a period of time.
		Unless you happen to be a scholar specializing in the Kingdom, you will be quickly lost as the author zigs and zags through myriad arcane tidbits that are probably significant to someone.
	www.xmlwriter.net /books/viewbook/The_Kingdom_of_Kush:_The_Napatan_and_Meroitic_Empires-1558761829.html (877 words)

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		Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush, 2500-1500 B.C. : The Archaeological Discovery of an Ancient Nubian Empire by Timothy Kendall.
		The Kingdom of Kush : The Napatan and Meroitic Empires by Derek A. Welsby.
		Nubia: Ancient Kingdoms of Africa by Joyce Hayes.
	www.thenubian.net /links.php (1549 words)

	Free Essays - The Kingdom Of Kush
		Kush was a small kingdom compared to all the others in the world.
		The history of the kingdom is “divided up into two main periods” (Ancient Nubia — Kingdom of Kush).
		Very little is known about the decline of the kingdom, but the rival of the kingdom is turned out to be blamed.
	www.freeessays.tv /b1877.htm (359 words)

	c. Kush and Punt. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		THE KINGDOM OF KUSH arose around 2000 and was centered around Kerma, near the Third Cataract.
		Nubia was administered by an elaborate bureaucracy headed by the viceroy (“King's Son of Kush”).
		After the reign of Ramses XI (See 1186–1069) nothing is known of Kush until the 8th century.
	www.bartelby.com /67/98.html (281 words)

	Search Results for "Kush"
		2000-1506 THE KINGDOM OF KUSH arose around 2000 and was centered around Kerma, near the Third Cataract.
		...Hindu Kush, (hin´doo koosh) (KEY), a high mountain system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) W from the Pamir Knot, N Pakistan, into NE Afghanistan; rising to 25,236 ft...
		Geography Nubia, or Kush, began at the Nile's First Cataract (waterfall), where the island of Elephantine (Yeb) was located,...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Kush (204 words)

	The Mysteries Archives (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The number of pyramids in ancient Nubia (aka kingdom of Kush and today is called Sudan) were a total of 223, double the pyramids of its neighbor Egypt.
		By about 300 BC the center of the kingdom had shifted south to the Meroë; region in central Sudan, where the pyramids and tombs were built to house the bodies of their kings and queens.
		To date we know of three successive kingdoms of Nubia (aka Kush), each with its own capital: the Kingdom of Kerma (2400-1500 BC), that of Napata (1000-300 BC) and finally that of Meroë; (300 BC-300 AD).
	www.hiddenmysteries.org /mysteries/pyramid/nubian.html (1145 words)

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