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Napata
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Napata , ancient city of Nubia , just below the Fourth Cataract of the Nile . From about the 8th cent. BC, Napata was the capital of the kingdom of Cush . Many great temples like those of Thebes were built here by Taharka (XXV dynasty). The Cushite capital was later moved (c.530 BC) to Meroë .
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; ... been known to scholars as the remains of Napata, a city founded by Egyptian pharaohs 3 ... dramatically changing scholars' view of Napata. The city later became the capital of ... and caravans in the desert approaching Napata. Studying the site while dangling from ...
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; ... historical periods, Kerma (around 3,000 BC), Napata or Kush (9th century BC), and Meroi (7 ... of over 4,000 cattle. After Kerma, rose Napata or Kush which rapidly grew and established ... south (whose provincial capital was at Napata). Under the viceroy was a deputy for each ...
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; ... his operations to Jebel Barkal (ancient Napata), downriver from the Fourth Cataract ... time after establishing themselves at Napata, these Nubian kings of Kush expanded their ... The pyramids built by these kings around Napata and near Meroe are smaller than the Egyptian ...
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The GRANDEUR That Was Nubia; Rediscovering an Ancient African Civilization
The Washington Post; 5/10/1995; Boyce Rensberger; 2568 words
; ... from 1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C., the city of Napata grew in political importance. It was an Egyptian ... When Egypt withdrew from Nubia, it left Napata a prosperous and powerful city. As a result, Napata quickly became the new capital of a united ...
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Nubia: welcome to "God's Land'.(African Heritage)
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; ... historical periods, Kerma (around 3,000 BC), Napata or Kush (9th century BC), and Meroi (7th ... of over 4,000 cattle. After Kerma, rose Napata or Kush which rapidly grew and established ... south (whose provincial capital was at Napata). Under the viceroy was a deputy for each ...
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; ... of the southern Nile valley as part of plans for a big hydro-electric dam at Merowe, near what was once the ancient city of Napata. The project has been criticised by environmental groups, who say it will lead to the displacement of about 50,000 people ...
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; ... centralized at Meroe. The old royal cemetery at Napata near the fourth cataract of the Nile was ... and royal or noble tombs at Meroe and Napata. Clearly, the development of a taste for ... Cf. Alessandro Roccati, Hellenism at Napata, in Kendall, Nubian Studies 1998, pp ...
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... was the capital ( 750–590 ) of the Nubian kingdom of Kush and was part of the homeland of the Karmah culture. From the early 18th dynasty it came under Egyptian influence. Ruins in the area include pyramids and temples. Napata Napata Napata
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A Dictionary of World History
... their country was called Kush. Then a Nubian dynasty ruling at Napata from c. 920 BC conquered all Egypt. The Nubian Shabaka ruled ... After several further struggles, the Nubians drew back to Napata, and c. 530 BC their capital moved to Meroë. The dynasty ...
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Meroë
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, ancient city in N Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile, N of Khartoum. In the mid-6th cent. BC, Meroë replaced Napata as the central city of the Cushite dynasty (see Cush ) and from 530 BC until AD 350 served as the capital of the dynasty. By the ...
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Candace
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, title for queens in ancient Ethiopia. One of them made war (c.22 BC) on the Roman governor of Egypt, who defeated her and destroyed Napata, her capital. Another Candace is mentioned in the Bible as the queen of the eunuch converted by Philip (Acts 8.27-39).
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Meroe
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
... modern Kabushiyyah, Sudan, it was the southern administrative centre for the kingdom of Kush, beginning 750 . After the sack of Napata ( 590), it became the capital of the kingdom. It included the region between the Nile and Atbara rivers, where the Meroitic ...
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