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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Napatan period 4
Kushite culture 2
Kushite period canonical 2

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 (14)

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

Lower Nubia → timePeriod → Kushite period ⓘ
Kingdom of Meroë → hasRulingDynasty → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kushite dynasty
Nubian pyramids → timePeriod → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napatan period
Nubian pyramids → timePeriod → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meroitic period
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → significantEvent → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kushite conquest of Egypt under Piye
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → associatedWith → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napatan period
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → associatedWith → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meroitic period
Adikhalamani (Tabriqo) → partOf → Kushite period ⓘ
subject surface form: Adikhalamani
this entity surface form: Meroitic period of Kush
Meroë Island archaeological site → period → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napatan period
Jebel Barkal → historicalPeriod → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napatan period
Jebel Barkal → historicalPeriod → Kushite period ⓘ
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kushite Dynasty
kandake → culture → Kushite period ⓘ
subject surface form: Kandake
this entity surface form: Kushite culture
Meroë → culture → Kushite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kushite culture