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Kingdom of Kush establishes its capital at Napata
Around 780 BCE the Kingdom of Kush moved its political center to Napata south of the Nile's Fourth Cataract, forming a Nubian polity spanning the mid…
Timeline
- c. -780Napata · SudanKushite rulers set their royal capital at Napata, building temples and palaces at Jebel Barkal, integrating Nubian tribes, and controlling trade along the Nile corridor.
- c. -750Nubian corridor · NubiaThe Napata regime adopted Egyptian-style royal symbols and the cult of Amun, gradually expanding northward to become an important force in later interventions in Egyptian politics.
Sources
- The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan Civilization — Dietrich Wildung (1997)
- Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile — Marjorie M. Fisher et al. (2012)