Cush
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Cush is an ancient biblical region and people, often identified with areas south of Egypt such as Nubia or Ethiopia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cush canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient kingdom
ⓘ
biblical region ⓘ ethnographic group ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Nubians
ⓘ
surface form:
Cushites
|
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Kush
ⓘ
Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Nile region
ancient Sudan region ⓘ black Africans in some later interpretations ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Nile ⓘ |
| describedAs |
distant land
ⓘ
land of Cushites ⓘ land of warriors ⓘ land south of Egypt ⓘ |
| ethnonymFor |
Nubians
ⓘ
surface form:
Cushites
|
| genealogicalAncestor | Cush (son of Ham) ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | Table of Nations ⓘ |
| hasUncertainBoundaries | true ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Aethiopia (in some Greek and Latin sources)
ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
surface form:
Kush
|
| isSubjectOf | scholarly debate on exact location ⓘ |
| languageOfText |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| linkedTo |
Kingdom of Meroë
ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
surface form:
Nubian kingdoms
|
| locatedSouthOf | Egypt ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Megillat Esther
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Esther
Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Psalms ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Psalms
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| nameInHebrew | כּוּשׁ ⓘ |
| oftenIdentifiedWith |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ |
| relatedBiblicalFigure |
Ham
ⓘ
Noah ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Ancient Near East
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Near Eastern studies
Biblical geography ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
African history
ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ historical geography ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
| transliteratedAs |
Nubia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kush
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.