Kushite Pharaohs Rule Egypt

Name: Kushite Pharaohs Rule Egypt
Start: -744
End: -656

Type Event Region Africa Time -744–-656

Between 744 and 656 BCE, pharaohs of the Nubian Kingdom of Kush (the 25th Dynasty) conquered and ruled Egypt from the south;…

Timeline

-744–-728Napata · SudanKushite king Piye (Piankhi) marched north from Nubia, defeated the coalition of divided Egyptian local rulers, claimed sovereignty over Upper and Lower Egypt, and in his victory stela emphasized his defense of the god Amun and traditional kingship.
-728–-690Memphis · EgyptSuccessors such as Shabaka established their capital at Memphis and, as pharaohs, presided over temple restoration and religious rites; Kushite rule was formally fully integrated into the Egyptian royal tradition, and the Nile Valley was politically reunified.
-671–-656Thebes · EgyptAssyrian kings Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal successively invaded Egypt; Taharqa and Tantamani failed in their resistance, the Kushite pharaohs were forced to retreat to Nubia, and the 25th Dynasty's rule in Egypt came to an end.

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