Kingdom of Meroë
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy
- Curriculum: African History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Sudan
- Date: 750 -325
Article abstract: Military significance: Rise of the Kushite state and the conquest of Egypt.
Early Egyptian interactions with Nubia, or Kush (the Egyptian name for Nubia), involved trade. Nubia had established a flourishing trade with Egypt and the Horn of Africa. Egyptians, who had grown dependent on the gold, ivory, electrum, copper, ebony, leopard skins, and manpower made available by Kushite traders, knew the region of Kush as Ta-Seti, or the Land of the Bow. However, Egyptian unification (c. 3050 b.c.e.) brought raids and incursions into Nubia. Nubian...
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