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The Kingdom of Kush (/ k ʊ ʃ, k ʌ ʃ /; Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; Coptic: ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; Hebrew: כּוּשׁ 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 ...
Cush or Kush (/ k ʊ ʃ, k ʌ ʃ / Hebrew: כּוּשׁ Kūš; Ge'ez: ኩሽ), according to the Hebrew Bible, was the oldest son of Ham and a grandson of Noah. He was the brother of Mizraim , Phut , and Canaan .
Kushite rulers also redirected their attention to protecting their borders from invaders. In 319 BC, Ptolemy I dispatched an army to attack Kush. [4] In the 270s BC, Ptolemy II invaded Nubia and defeated the Kingdom of Kush, gaining access to Kushite territory and the control of lucrative gold deposits in a region known as Dodekasoinos. [22]
Kushite royal pyramids in Meroë. The system of royal succession in the Kingdom of Kush is not well understood. [4] There are no known administrative documents or histories written by the Kushites themselves; [5] because very little of the royal genealogy can be reliably reconstructed, it is impossible to determine how the system functioned in theory and when or if it was ever broken. [6]
Prior to Roman contact, Kush had trade relations with Ptolemaic Egypt. The early interaction between Rome and the kingdom of Kush in Nubia was full of tensions and conflicts before Caesar Augustus established a peace treaty with Kush. Nubia thereby flourished for nearly three centuries through trade with Roman Egypt.
Valmiki trains Lava and Kusha in the Art of Archery The Sage Valmiki, teaching Ramayana to Kusha and Lava. According to the Ramayana, a pregnant queen Sita is made to leave the kingdom of Ayodhya by the King, Lord Rama, in order to demonstrate that no one is above Dharma and also to refute the allegation against her by a citizen of his kingdom.
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Kush (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐏁𐎠𐎹) was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. [1] [2] The territory was conquered from the Kingdom of Kush. Herodotus mentioned an invasion of Kush by the Achaemenid ruler Cambyses II (c. 530 BC). By some accounts Cambyses succeeded in occupying the area between the first and second Nile cataract, however ...