Kingdom of Kerma

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Nubian state ancient kingdom archaeological culture

The Kingdom of Kerma was one of the earliest and most powerful Nubian states, flourishing along the Nile in what is now Sudan and serving as a major political and cultural rival to ancient Egypt.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Kerma canonical 4
Kerma culture 3
Kerma 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nubian state ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
archaeologicallyExcavatedBy Charles Bonnet ⓘ
George Andrew Reisner ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Eastern Deffufa ⓘ
Western Deffufa ⓘ
capital Kerma archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Kerma
conqueredBy New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
conquestTime c. 1500 BCE ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn early Kingdom of Kush ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
endTime c. 1500 BCE ⓘ
flourishedAlong Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River

Third Cataract of the Nile ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Kush ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt rule in Nubia ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hadEliteClass warrior aristocracy ⓘ
knownFor distinctive black-topped red pottery ⓘ
elaborate royal tumulus burials ⓘ
large mud-brick temple structures called deffufas ⓘ
rich grave goods ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Sudanic languages (hypothesized) ⓘ
locatedIn Nubia ⓘ
Upper Nubia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Sudan ⓘ
majorRival Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
militaryConflictWith New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom Egypt under Thutmose I

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom Egypt under Thutmose III
namedAfter Kerma archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Kerma
partiallyConcurrentWith Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom of Egypt (early phase)

Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
period Bronze Age ⓘ
politicalRivalOf Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
precededBy Pre-Kerma culture ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the earliest complex societies in sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
rulerTitle king ⓘ
startTime c. 2500 BCE ⓘ
tradedGoods cattle ⓘ
ebony ⓘ
gold ⓘ
incense ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
tradedWith Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
surface form: sub-Saharan Africa

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nubia → hasHistoricalPeriod → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
Nubia → hasCivilization → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerma culture
Kerma archaeological site → locatedNear → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerma, Sudan
Kerma archaeological site → partOf → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
Kerma archaeological site → culture → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerma culture
Kingdom of Kush → hasPart → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerma culture
Nubian A-Group culture → followedBy → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
Egyptian–Nubian relations → involves → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
Egyptian–Nubian relations → keyRegion → Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerma