Time Line of Kush

• Rise of the Kushite empire (c. 1700 B.C.)
• Egypt conquers Kush (c. 1500 B.C.)

• collapse of the New Kingdom in Egypt allows Kush to expand (970 B.C.)
• Kush occupies Egypt (c. 750 B.C.)

• Kushites driven from Egypt by the Assyrians (654 B.C.)

• Kush capital moved from Napata to Meroe (591 B.C.)

• Merotic script is introduced in Kush (c. 280 B.C.)

• Kush assists the Nubians in a revolt against Rome (24 B.C.)
• Roman army razes Kushite city of Napata (23 B.C.)

• Axum conquers Kush and Nubia (c. 350 A.D.)