Kush or Cush was an African civilization south of Ancient Egypt in Nubia, which is located in the modern day North African nation of Sudan. Though influenced by (and influencing) Egypt, it was a distinct culture and civilization and was one of the earliest civilizations to develop in the Nile River Valley. Kush - Origins. The first developed societies appeared in Nubia around the time of the First Egyptian Dynasty. The first known Kushite state was the Kingdom of Kerma, which appeared c. 2600 BC and ...

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• Kush - Origins
• Kush - Napata
• Kush - Move to Meroe
• Kush - Decline
• Kush - In the Bible
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This Napata based kingdom became quite potent and under king Kashta and then Piye; it conquered Egypt, establishing the twenty-fifth dynasty. When the Assyrians invaded in 671 BC, Kush became, once again, an independent state. In 591 BC the Egyptians under Psammetik II invaded Kush, perhaps because Kush ruler Aspelta was preparing to invade Egypt. the Egyptians soon withdrew from Kush. ...

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Yuezhi (Chinese:月氏, also 月支, Wade-Giles: Yüeh-Chih) or Da Yuezhi (Chinese:大月氏, also 大月支, "Great Yuezhi") is the Chinese name for an ancient Central Asian people. They are believed to have been the same as or closely related to the people named Tocharians (τόχαροι) by ancient Greeks. They were originally settled in the Tarim Basin area, in what is today Gansu and Xinjiang, in China, before they migrated to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern India, where they formed the Kushan Empire. Including:

• Yuezhi - Origins
• Yuezhi - The Yuezhi exodus
• Yuezhi - Settlement in Transoxiana
• Yuezhi - Invasion of Bactria
• Yuezhi - Expansion into the Hindu-Kush
• Yuezhi - Founders of the Kushan empire
• Yuezhi - Yuezhi monarchs

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Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 593 - 568 BCE). More is known about him and his reign than most of the rulers of Kush. He left several stela carved with accounts of his reign. He was the son of Senkamanisken and brother of Anlamani, who immediately preceded him. According to his inscriptions, Aspelta was selected as ruler by a committee of twenty-four religious and military leaders. He then set out north to Napata be selected as king by the gods and crowned. Another stele that might date from Aspelta's reign reco ...

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Beni-Mellal is a Moroccan city located at (32°20′22″N, 6°21′39″W). It is the capital city of the Tadla-Azilal Region, with a population of 163,286 (2004 census). It sits at the foot of Mount Tassemit (2247m), and next to the plains of Beni Amir. The walls of the city go back to Moulay Ismail, in 1688, as well as the Kasba bel-Kush. Other related archives2004, Beni Amir, Moroccan

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Arachosia is the ancient name of an area that corresponds to the southern part of today 's Afghanistan, around the city of Kandahar. It is directly to the south of Bactria, but is separated from it by the Hindu Kush. The main inhabitants of Arachosia were Pactyans, an ancient Iranian tribe. They were probably the ancestors of today's Pashtuns. Arachosia - Etymology. Arachosia is derived from Arachotos, a hellenized form of Harachuwati, the Achaemenid Persian name for the ...

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Kusha (also spelt Kush and Kusa) has more than one meaning:- Kusha and his twin brother Lava are the children of the Hindu God Rama and his wife Sita Devi, whose story is told in the Ramayana. It is another name for darbha grass. Kusha - Reference. Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna Dhallapiccola ...

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Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty. The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period. The Twenty-Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt originated in Kush at the city-state of Napata, from whence they invaded and took control of Egypt under Piye (spelled Piankhi in older works). Manetho does not mention either the first king Piye, or the last king Tantamani, although ...

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Cush (כּוּשׁ "black", Standard Hebrew Kuš, Tiberian Hebrew Kûš) was the eldest son of Ham, brother of Canaan and the father of Nimrod, mentioned in the "table of nations" in the Book of Genesis (X. 60) and in I Chronicles (I. 8), usually considered the eponym of the people of Kush. Six Arabian tribes are also sons of Cush. In Genesis Cush was the father of the Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. He is also the father of Nimrod Another person na ...

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Khem (also spelt Chem) is the Egyptian word for black, and was usually used to describe the fertile soil surrounding the Nile, which was notably blackened. As such, it was also used by the Egyptians as a name for their nation, as it was principally composed of the fertile lands around the Nile. Some feel it may derive from the Hebrew translation, Ham - the name used by the writers of the Bible to refer to Egypt. For a period of time, Canaan was under Egyptian influence, as was Kush (part of Nubia), and Liby ...

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The Amu Darya (also Amudarya, Amudar'ya, in Persian آمودریا; Darya means "Sea" in Persian) is a river in Central Asia. It is navigable for over 1450 km (800 miles). Its total length is 2400 km (1500 miles). In Classical Antiquity, the river was known as the Oxus in Greek. It rises in the Pamir Mountains as the Pamir River, emerging from Zorkul, flowing east until Ishtragh, where it turns north and then east north-west through the Hindu Kush as the Panj, forming the border of Afgh ...

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The Blue Pine (Pinus wallichiana) is a pine native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east to Yunnan in southwest China. It grows at high altitudes in mountain valleys at altitudes of 1800-4300 m (rarely as low as 1200 m), and is a tree from 30-50 m in height. It grows in a temperate climate with dry winters and wet summers. This pine is also called the Himalayan White Pine. In the past it was also often known as 'Bhutan Pine', but this is now avoided to reduce confusion with th ...

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The Kalasha, also known as the Kalash, are an ethnic group that lives in the Hindu Kush region of Pakistan. They are an ancient Dardic people who speak the Kalasha language. Many Kalash allege that they are the direct descendants of either Greek settlers, Alexander the Great's army, or even Alexander himself. Their claims are questionable, as there is proof of their existence before Alexander's invasion of Central Asia. One theory suggests that similarities in the culture of the Kalash and Ancient Greek peop ...

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Chitral, or Chitrāl, is the name of a town (35° 53' N; 71° 48' E), valley, river, district, and former princely state in the Malakand Division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. 35°52′52″N, 71°47′53″E Chitral town, capital of the district, is situated on the west bank of the Chitral (or Kunar) River. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, 7,708 m o ...

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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 331 BC 330 BC 329 BC 328 BC 327 BC - 326 BC - 325 BC 324 BC 323 BC 322 BC 321 BC Events Alexander the Great crosses the Hindu Kush and invades India. May - Battle of the Hydaspes, Alexander defeats the Indian King Porus July - Alexander's troops mutiny at the Hyphasis, refusing to go any further. Alexander turns south, sailing down the Hydaspes to the Indus

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(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 9th century BC - Overview. 9th century BC - Events. Kingdom of Kush (900 BC) Battle of Karkar (853 BC) - An indecisive engagement between Assyrian king Shalmaneser II and a military alliance of the king of Damascus and lesser powers including the prince of Tyre Carthage founded by Phoenicians (813 BC) Beginning of the Iron Age in Central Europe, spread of the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture< ...

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Bactria (Bactriana) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush (Caucasus Indicus) and the Amu Darya (Oxus); its capital, Bactra (now Balkh), was located in what is now northern Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Bactria was bounded on the east by the ancient region of Gandhara in the Indian subcontinent. The Bactrian language is an Iranian language of the Indo-Ir ...

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• Bactria - Seleucid Empire
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See text In the lily family, Liliaceae. They are bulbous plants, with large, showy flowers with six petals. There are around 100 species, originating from the region from southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran east as far as northeast China and Japan. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. Tulip - Use and history. The tulip is the national flower of Iran and Turkey, and tulip motifs feature prominentl ...

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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 560s BC - Events and trends. 568 BC - Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush 562 BC - Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as king of Babylon 560 BC - Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon 560/561 BC - Croesus becomes king of Lydia 560 BC - Pisistratus seizes ...

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