Historical event

Kingdom of Kush Established

Date: c. 2500 BCE

Kingdom of Kush established in Nubia (modern Sudan) becomes Egypt's main rival and trading partner, controlling vital gold trade routes and developing into one of Africa's most powerful ancient civilizations that would later rule Egypt as the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.

Tags: kush, nubia, sudan, gold-trade, ivory, egypt-rival, ancient-africa, nile-valley, black-pharaohs, kerma, meroe, trading-empire

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