{"slug": "meroe", "label": "Meroë", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mero%C3%AB", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5780", "qid": "Q5780", "description": "ancient city from Nubia along the eastern bank of the Nile River in Northern Sudan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-592, 330], "span_label": ["593 BCE", "330 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-kush", "label": "Kingdom of Kush", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nile", "label": "Nile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-legion", "label": "Roman legion", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "upper-egypt", "label": "Upper Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nero", "label": "Nero", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sudan", "label": "Sudan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -592, "year_label": "593 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "593 BC—Napata is sacked by the Egyptians and the Kushite capital relocates to Meroë.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368102206#Events_and_trends", "title": "590s BC", "revid": 1368102206, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -591, "year_label": "592 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "592 BC—Early history of Sudan: An Egyptian army sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a more secure location at Meroë near the sixth cataract of the Nile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368102206#Events_and_trends", "title": "590s BC", "revid": 1368102206, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -22, "year_label": "23 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In response to Meroë's incursions into Upper Egypt, the Roman legions move south and raze Napata. (History of Sudan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287237096#Roman_Empire", "title": "23 BC", "revid": 1287237096, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 20, "year_label": "20 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Amanitore, Nubian Queen Regnant of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369984933#20_AD", "title": "20s", "revid": 1369984933, "section": "Deaths › 20 AD"}}, {"year": 60, "year_label": "60 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Nero's exploration of the Nile: Emperor Nero sends an expedition which reaches the historical city Meroë (Sudan). (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372200754#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 60", "revid": 1372200754, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 330, "year_label": "330 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ezana, king of Axum, extends his area of control to the west. He defeats the Nobates, and destroys the kingdom of Meroë.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368804630#Africa", "title": "330", "revid": 1368804630, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}]}