Ancient Kush (Sudan) was the most powerful defence military force:
Kush was a kingdom in northern Africa in the region corresponding to modern-day Sudan. The larger region around Kush (later referred to as Nubia) was inhabited c. 8,000 BCE but the Kingdom of Kush rose much later. The Kerma Culture. So named after the city of Kerma in the region, is attested as early as 2500 BCE and archaeological evidence from Sudan and Egypt show that Egyptians and the people of Kush region were in contact from the Early dynastic period in Egypt (c. 3150 – c. 2613 BCE) onwards. The later civilization defined as ‘Kushite’ probably evolved from this earlier culture but was heavily influenced by the Egyptians.
While the history of the overall country is quite ancient, the Kingdom of Kush flourished between c. 1069 BCE and 350 CE. The New kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570-1069 BCE) was in the final stages of decline c. 1069 BCE. Which empowered the Kushite city-state of Napata. The Kushites no longer had to worry about incursions into their territory by Egypt because Egypt now had enough trouble managing itself. They founded the Kingdom of Kush with Napata as its capital. And Kush became the power in the region while Egypt floundered.
Egypt
Kushite kings became the pharaohs of Egypt’s 25th Dynasty and Kushite princesses dominated the political landscape of Thebes in the position of God’s Wife of Amun. The Kushite king Kashta (c. 750 BCE) was the first to establish himself on the Egyptian throne and appointed his daughter. Amenirdis I, the first Kushite God’s Wife of Amun. He was followed by other great Kushite kings who reigned until the Assyrian invasion of Egypt by Ashurbanipal in 666 BCE.
In c. 590 BCE Napata was sacked by the Egyptian Pharaoh Psammeticus II (595-589 BCE) and the capital of Kush was moved to Meroe. The Kingdom of Kush continued on with Meroe as its capital until an invasion by the Aksumites c. 330 CE which destroyed the city and toppled the kingdom. Overuse of the land, however, had already depleted the resources of Kush and the cities would most likely have been abandoned even without the Aksumite invasion. Following this event, Meroe and the dwindling Kingdom of Kush survived another 20 years before its end c. 350 CE.
Military Strengths:
The kings of Kush ruled from their capital at Kerma (KAR-muh). This city was located on the Nile just south of a cataract. Or stretch of rapids. Because the Nile’s cata-racts made parts of the river hard to pass through, they were natural barriers against invaders. For many years the cataracts kept Kush safe from the more powerful Egyptian kingdom to the north. As time passed, Kushite society grew more complex. In addition to farmers and herders, some people of Kush became priests or artisans. Early on, Kush was great-lyinfluenced by civilizations to the south. Later, however, Egypt played a greater role in the kingdom’s history.
Kush Rules Egypt
We know almost nothing about the history of the Kushites for about 200 years after they regained independence from Egypt. Kush is not mentioned in any historical records until the 700s BC, when armies from Kush swept into Egypt and conquered it. The Conquest of Egypt By around 850 BC, Kush had regained its strength. It was once again as strong as it had been before it had been conquered by Egypt. Because the Egyptians had captured the city of Kerma, the kings of Kush ruled from the city of Napata.
Napata was located on the Nile, about 100 miles south-east of Kerma. As Kush was growing stronger, Egypt was losing power. A series of weak pharaohs left Egypt open to attack. In the 700s BC a Kushite king, Kashta, took advantage of Egypt’s weakness. Kashta attacked Egypt, and by about 7 S 1 BC he had conquered Upper Egypt. He then established relations with Lower Egypt.
After Kashta died, his son Piankhi (PYANG-kee) continued to attack Egypt. The armie11!s of Kush captured many cities, including Egypt’s ancient capital. Piankhi fought the Egyptians because he believed that the gods wanted him to rule all of Egypt. By the time he died in about 716 BC, Piankhi had accomplished this task. His kingdom extended north from Napata to the Nile Delta.
The Kushite Dynasty
After Piankhi died, his brother Shabaka (SHAB-uh-kuh) took control of the kingdom. Shabaka then declared himself pharaoh. This declaration began the Twenty-fifth, or Kushite, Dynasty in Egypt. Shabaka and later rulers of his dynasty tried to restore old Egyptian cultural practices. Some of these practices had faded during Egypt’s period of weakness. For example, Shabaka was buried in a pyramid. The Egyptians had stopped building pyramids for their rulers centuries before.
The Ancient Aliens:
In some of our previous articles. We mentioned about extraterrestrial beings who might have come to earth long before. They are the space humans who are much more advanced than us. According to certain historians, these aliens taught the ancient civilizations these advanced warfare technologies. They came to earth to establish connections with the earthly humans. It is probable that these space humans taught them these advanced technologies.
We keep referring to them as space humans because they are the earthly humans who went up in space much before. Just like today when NASA is setting space colonies in space. Previously, too this happened as the time is a rotating cycle called Kal Chakra in Hindu mythology. All Civilizations will come to an end one day referred as Pralaya. Similarly the ancient civilizations too destroyed. Due to natural calamities. During this time some humans went up and started living in space. Our ancient civilizations were full of miracles!! Isn’t it?!
Hence, The Kushite rulers of Egypt built new temples to Egyptian gods. And restored old ones. They also worked to preserve Egyptian writings. As a result, Egyptian culture thrived during the Kushite dynasty.
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