Kushite period

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The Kushite period was an era in ancient Nubian history when the Kingdom of Kush flourished politically and culturally, ruling parts of Nubia and at times even Egypt as its 25th Dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in ancient Nubian history
historical period
appliesToTerritory Egypt
Lower Nubia
Nubia
Upper Nubia
linked to: Nubia
chronologicalPosition after the New Kingdom of Egypt
before the full rise of the Meroitic period
hasArchitecture pyramids of Nubia
linked to: Nubian pyramids

temples influenced by Egyptian models
hasArtStyle Kushite art
hasCapital Meroë
linked to: Kingdom of Meroë

Napata
linked to: Kingdom of Napata
hasCenter Meroë
linked to: Kingdom of Meroë

Napata
linked to: Kingdom of Napata
hasCulture Egyptian culture
Kushite culture
Nubian culture
linked to: Nubians
hasEconomyBasedOn Nile Valley agriculture
long-distance trade
hasLanguage Egyptian language
Kushite language
hasLegacy formation of a distinct Nubian-Kushite identity
spread of Kushite cultural elements in the Nile Valley
hasMainPolity Kingdom of Kush
hasMilitaryActivity campaigns in Egypt
conflicts with Assyria
hasNotableRuler Piye
Shabaka
Shebitku
Taharqa
Tantamani
hasPoliticalStructure monarchy
hasReligion ancient Egyptian religion
ancient Nubian religion
hasRulingHouse Kushite royal family
hasWritingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs
includesDynasty Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
influenced later Nubian kingdoms
influencedBy ancient Egyptian civilization
knownFor cultural flourishing of the Kingdom of Kush
political flourishing of the Kingdom of Kush
rule over Egypt as the Twenty-fifth Dynasty
rule over parts of Nubia
partOf history of Nubia
history of the Kingdom of Kush

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Lower Nubia timePeriod Kushite period
Kingdom of Meroë hasRulingDynasty Kushite dynasty
linked to: Kushite period
Nubian pyramids timePeriod Napatan period
linked to: Kushite period
Nubian pyramids timePeriod Meroitic period
linked to: Kushite period
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt significantEvent Kushite conquest of Egypt under Piye
linked to: Kushite period
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region associatedWith Napatan period
linked to: Kushite period
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region associatedWith Meroitic period
linked to: Kushite period
Adikhalamani partOf Meroitic period of Kush
subject linked to: Adikhalamani (Tabriqo)
linked to: Kushite period
Meroë Island archaeological site period Napatan period
linked to: Kushite period
Jebel Barkal historicalPeriod Napatan period
linked to: Kushite period
Jebel Barkal historicalPeriod Kushite period
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt alsoKnownAs Kushite Dynasty
linked to: Kushite period
Kandake culture Kushite culture
subject linked to: kandake
linked to: Kushite period
Meroë culture Kushite culture
linked to: Kushite period