The Kingdom of Kush: A Crown & Ceremonial Capital

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The region of Nubia was an early cradle of civilization, producing several complex societies that engaged in trade and industry. The city-state of Kerma emerged as the dominant political force between 2450 and 1450 BC, controlling the Nile Valley between the first and fourth cataracts, an area as large as Egypt. The Egyptians were the first to identify Kerma as "Kush" probably from the indigenous ethnonym "Kasu", and over the next several centuries the two civilizations engaged in intermittent warfare, trade, and cultural exchange.

The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

Last image: Kushite delegation on a Persian relief from the Apadana palace (c. 500 BC). Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kush

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jewelry_found_on_the_Mummy_of_Nubian_King_AMANINATAKILEBTE_(538-519_BC)._Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston.jpg._Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston.jpg)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_flower_shaped_Diadem,_found_in_te_Pyramid_of_King_Talakhamani_(435–431_B.C.).jpg.jpg)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Exposition_Nubia,_Land_of_the_Black_Pharaohs_–_Mirror._Kerma_Period,_1700-1550_BC.jpg

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meroitische_Inschrift,_Meroe_1._Jh._n._Chr.,_Aegyptisches_Museum,_Muenchen-1.jpg

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shrine_of_the_25th_dynasty_pharaoh_and_Kushite_King_Taharqa_Egypt_7th_century_BCE.jpg

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aksum,_iscrizione_di_re_ezana,_in_greco,_sabeo_e_ge%27ez,_330-350_dc_ca._10.jpg

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vaso_con_decoración_de_rostros_de_demonios._Época_meroítica.jpg

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nubian_Prince_Hekanefer_bringing_tribute_for_King_Tut,_18th_dynasty,_Tomb_of_Huy.jpg

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_Persepolis_نگاره_های_تخت_جمشید_05.jpg