Preceden

Kingdom of Kush

Main

Kingdom of Kush prospers

2000 BCE

King Thutmose I captures Kush's city, Karmah

1500 BCE

Trojan War

1185 BC

Chinese develop Gunpowder

1000 BC

Olympics games begin

1000 BC

Fall of the New Kingdom allows Kush to expand

970 BCE

Kush's golden age

800 BC - 350 AD

King Piye conquered Egypt.

730 B.C.E.

Assyrians invade Egypt. Kicks Kush out.

671 B.C.E.

Assyrians drive Kushites out of Egypt

654 BCE

Kushites driven from Egypt by the Assyrians

654 B.C.

Egypt destroyed Kush's capital city- Napata. Kushites then move to Meroe.

590 B.C.E.

Bantu-speaking people travel across Africa

500 BCE

A Phoenician city falls into the Roman Empire

146 BCE

Queen Amanirenas defended Kush against the Romans.

24 BCE

The End of Kush Kingdom by Ethiopians

350 CE