Chapters 2 / 7
Kush: Napata & Meroe
1500 BCE – 350 CE · 4 eras
Capital-shift map: scrub through time
Eras in this chapter
- Kingdom of KermaSudan – Middle Nile · 2450 BCE – 1480 BCE
- Egyptian New Kingdom rule in NubiaSudan – Middle Nile · 1500 BCE – 1070 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush – Napatan periodSudan – Middle Nile · 800 BCE – 270 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush – Meroitic periodSudan – Middle Nile · 270 BCE – 350 CE
Neighbouring eras for context (9) · 4 of 9 in progress
- New Kingdom EgyptEgypt · 1550 BCE – 1070 BCE
- Sabaean & South Arabian kingdomsRed Sea & Arabia · 1000 BCE – 275 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Land of Punt / D'mtEthiopia & Eritrea (Horn) · 980 BCE – 400 BCE Regional context · research in progress
- Late Period / Persian EgyptEgypt · 664 BCE – 332 BCE
- Garamantes (Fezzan)Chad & Central Sahara · 500 BCE – 700 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Ptolemaic EgyptEgypt · 305 BCE – 30 BCE
- Roman & Byzantine EgyptEgypt · 30 BCE – 641 CE
- Kingdom of AksumEthiopia & Eritrea (Horn) · 100 CE – 940 CE Regional context · research in progress
- Beja (Red Sea Hills peoples)Red Sea & Arabia · 275 CE – present