NUBIA
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Updated: 25 Jun 2018
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Created byJulia Miryam-Chavah Schenzinger
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c. 1872 BCE: First military campaign of Senusret III of Egypt against Nubia;
about 4 times Senusret III tried to attack and Nubia between 1872 and 1600 BCE.c. 750 BCE: Kushite City of Meroë is founded.525 - 522 BCE: Cambyses II of Persia rules Egypt and leads campaign to Nubia.c. 275 BCE: Ptolemy II invades the Meroitic Nubian kingdom and annexes Lower Nubiac. 205 - c. 185 BCE: Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia withdraw from the Ptolemaic Kingdom with the help of Meroe.350 CE: End of the Kingdom of Kush and city of Meroë in NubiaAs early as 2000 BCE: Kerma was a major trading outpost for the Middle Kingdom Egypt.1000 - 900 BCE: A new Kushite state gained control; they conquered both lower and upper Nubia, regaining independence and money from the Nubian gold mines.650 BCE: The Napata Empire (Kushites) were forced out of Egypt proper by Assyrians.591 BCE: The Egyptian army attacked the Napata; The capital was relocated farther south in the city of Meroec. 500 - c. 600 CE: Christianizing of the major Nubian states of Maqurra and Alwa
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