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Kingdom of Kush

c. 1070 BCE – c. CE 350 / kingdom in Nubia (modern-day Sudan), northeast Africa

13 dated entries naming Kingdom of Kush, drawn from 13 separate years between 752 BCE and 298 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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8th century BC

7th century BC

  • 669 BCETaharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.source
  • 664 BCETantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush.source

6th century BC

  • 568 BCEAmtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush.source

5th century BC

  • 487 BCESiaspiqa becomes ruler of the Kushite kingdom of Meroe, likely succeeding Amaniastabarqa.source

4th century BC

  • 333 BCENastasen king of kush repelled an invasion by a Egyptian leader named "Kambustan", likely the rebel leader khabash and won many valuable war spoils including river faires.source

1st century BC

  • 10 BCEAmanirenas, queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush (approximate date).source

1st century

  • 1AD 1 – Amanishakheto, queen of Kush (Nubia)source
  • 20Amanitore, Nubian Queen Regnant of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroësource

3rd century

  • 291The Blemmyes invade the Kingdom of Kush.source
  • 293Galerius begins a series of two campaigns in Upper Egypt against the rebel cities of Coptos and Boresis as well as the Blemmyes and Meroitic Nubians.source
  • 295Caesar Galerius completes a series of two campaigns in Upper Egypt, against the rebel cities of Coptos and Boresis, as well as the Blemmyes and Meroitic Nubians.source
  • 298Diocletian then travels into Upper Egypt and possibly campaigns on the Nubian frontier. In either this year or in 300/301, he makes agreements with the Meroitic Nubians and the Blemmyes. He agrees to pay subsidies to both peoples, and he cedes the Dodecashoenos to the Nubians on the understanding that the Nubians will defend the region against the Blemmyes.source

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