Kushite period

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era in ancient Nubian history historical period

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kushite dynasty	1
Meroitic period	1
Napatan period	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in ancient Nubian history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Egypt ⓘ Lower Nubia ⓘ Nubia ⓘ Nubia ⓘ surface form: Upper Nubia
chronologicalPosition	after the New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ before the full rise of the Meroitic period ⓘ
hasArchitecture	Nubian pyramids ⓘ surface form: pyramids of Nubia temples influenced by Egyptian models ⓘ
hasArtStyle	Kushite art ⓘ
hasCapital	Kingdom of Meroë ⓘ surface form: Meroë Kingdom of Napata ⓘ surface form: Napata
hasCenter	Kingdom of Meroë ⓘ surface form: Meroë Kingdom of Napata ⓘ surface form: Napata
hasCulture	Egyptian culture ⓘ Kushite culture ⓘ Nubians ⓘ surface form: Nubian culture
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Kingdom of Meroë → hasRulingDynasty → Kushite period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kushite dynasty

Lower Nubia → timePeriod → Kushite period ⓘ

Nubian pyramids → timePeriod → Kushite period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napatan period

Nubian pyramids → timePeriod → Kushite period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meroitic period