Kingdom of Kush
Kingdom of Kush | |||||||||||||||||
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| c. 1000 BC – c. 350 AD | |||||||||||||||||
![Kushite heartland, and Kushite Empire of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, circa 700 BC.[2]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Kushite_heartland_and_Kushite_Empire_of_the_25th_dynasty_circa_700_BCE.jpg/250px-Kushite_heartland_and_Kushite_Empire_of_the_25th_dynasty_circa_700_BCE.jpg) Kushite heartland, and Kushite Empire of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, circa 700 BC.[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Kerma, Napata, Meroë | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Meroitic language, Nubian languages, Egyptian,[3] Cushitic[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian Religion | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
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| Historical era | Bronze Age to Late Antiquity | ||||||||||||||||
• Established | c. 1000 BC | ||||||||||||||||
• Capital moved to Meroe | 591 BC | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 350 AD | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||
• Meroite phase[5] | 1,150,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Sudan Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
The Kingdom of Kush (/kʊʃ, kʌʃ/; Egyptian: