Kush

Extending Kushite power into Egypt, King Alara took control of Waset and received the divine mandate of Amen to rule. He installed his daughter as the successor to the pose of the High Priestess of Amen. After his death, he was buried in a gilded wooden anthropoid coffin, from which fragments of gold foil, lapis lazuli, and colored glass are still in existence.

At the time when the Kushites ruled Egypt, at least one inscription refers to Kush by old Egyptian term for the area south of the frontier, Ta Sety, meaning the "Land Of The Bow"

Was buried at Al Kurru the day of his death. His tomb was the first among the Kushites to be marked by a pyramid. For the next thousand years, pyramids were built in cemeteries in Nuri, Gebel Barkal, and Meroë. In total there are at least 223 pyramids in Kush, far more than in Egypt.

He inherited a huge empire from Qebh-Hor in Asia to the lands south of Napata. In addition, Erathosthenes claimed that he conquered a vast territory in North Africa and "penetrated into Europe as far as the 'Pillars of Hercules'

Assyrians Invaded Kushite controlled territory and captured as far as Memphis. Taharqo re-occupied the city in the 669BC and re-established Kushite rule in Lower Egypt. The reached Waset and devasted it in 663BC. Psammetik, in turn, installed his daughter as the successor High Priestess of Amen in 654BV replacing the Kushite Priestess who held that position.

Psammetik II Invaded Kush marching as far as the Third Cataract. Some authorities believe that this invasion destroyed the city of Napata. Napata was the original religious capital of Kush but this religious role was gradually transferred to the more southerly city of Meroë, following this invasion.

The Persians under King Cambyses conquered Egypt. A year later the Persians attempted to invaded Kush.

Was highly remarkable. It was distinguished by originality in architecture and also pottery.

Egyptian frontier was an important source of elephants for the armies of the Ptolemies, allowing them to match the Indian elephants for armies. Warfare by the Macacedoanis and Carthaginians they were used by the Ethiopians and the Indians.

Upper Egypt revolted against the rule of the Greeks in 204BC. Through reconquered in 185BC. There were also armed campaigns against the Romans in 24BC. The Romans conquest of Egypt in 30BC brought a new challenge to Kush. Augustus Caesar threatened an invasion, following his Egyptian campaign.