c.1000 | KENYA & TANZANIA: Caucasoid AZANIANS bring cattle and cereals to join the previously settled dark whites. They leave stone burial chambers, hut circles, terraced fields, roads and traces of irrigation. By tradition Azanians were tall, bearded and red-skinned. | 1000 mxfld |
c.991 | MENKHEPERRA king of Kush at Napata from 1030 ends. NESUBANEBDJED succeeds until 987. | 991 rcNA |
c.987 | NESUBANEBDJED king of Kush at Napata from 991 ends. PAINUTEN-II succeeds until 980. | 987 rcNA |
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map (modified): Aldan-2 980 wikDmt |
c.980 | PAINUTEN-II king of Kush at Napata from 987 ends. SEBI succeeds until 970. | 980 rcNA |
c.970 | SEBI king of Kush at Napata from 980 ends. POKEAMON succeeds until ?. | 970 rcNA |
c.930 | AMENHOTEP becomes king of Kush at Napata until 880. | 930 rcNA |
c.900 | Kingdom of Kush begins as Nubian monarchy emerges at Napata. | 900 triN 800 wikMr |
c.880 | AMENHOTEP king of Kush at Napata from 930 ends. PAMSES succeeds until 855. | 880 rcNA |
c.855 | PAMSES king of Kush at Napata from 880 ends. ASKERKAMON-II succeeds until 815. | 855 rcNA |
c.815 | ASKERKAMON-II king of Kush at Napata from 855 ends. Successor unknown until 795. | 815 rcNA |
c.795 | SHABAKA-I king of Kush at Napata from ? ends. ALARA succeeds until 760. | 815 rcNA 780 GHAE 334 |
by c.770 | Kingdom of Kush had extended its borders north to the boundaries of the Upper Nile. | by c.770 triN |
c.760 | ALARA, king of Napata from 795, ends. Bro KASHTA succeeds until 747. | 770 ae 767 pic 760 GHAE 335, MRDK, rcNA 750 B76 VII-430, nar |
c.750 | MEROE, Kush (a place with iron deposits) settled by locals from 890, reaches peak. See 660. It lasts until 350CE. | 750 wheMr |
c.747 | KASHTA, Kushite king of Napata from 760, ends. Son PIYE (incorrectly called Piankhi) succeeds until 716. | 753 pic 752 DMoN, ktut, wikP 751 B76 VII-983, GEoP, RAI3, Sdl 4-246 750 ae 747 Clay, GHAE, JIAE, MRDK, Shaw, frie, frN, phou, rcNA, resh, scar, tig, treg 740 sud 730 nar |
c.740 | Kushites of Napata push northward. | 750-30 triN |
c.732 | Kushite king Piye invades northward, seizing control of Thebes. | 727 wikK |
c.716 | PIYE, son of Kashta, 1st king of Kushite 25th dyn at Napata from 747, dies. Bro SHABAKA succeeds until 702. | 730 GEoP 721 ktut, wikP 717 DMoN 716 B76 VII-983, CAH 3.2, Clay, GHAE, JIAE, MCAW 64, RAI3, Sdl 4-246, Shaw, frN, lveg, nar, phou, resh, scar, tig, treg 712 ae |
c.700 | IRON AGE V reaches Nubia at Meroe before it reaches Egypt. Meroe becomes an iron manufacturing center. (See Indus Valley 1300, Crete 1200, Levant 1200, Europe 900, Egypt 670) | 700 SHT 1-597, TTT |
c.684 | Temple of Kama in kingdom of Kerma built by Taharka, king of Kushite 25th dyn 690-64. Erects a stele (still there) to commemorate it. | Taharka yr 6 GHAE 347-8 |
c.663 | KUSHITES in control of Egypt from 715, under TANUTAMON 664-56, expelled by Ashurbanipal. Tanutamon returns to Napata. | 664 rcNA 663 BHoE 20 661 BHoE 559 656 GHAE |
c.660 | MEROE, Kush (a place with iron deposits) founded over a previous 750 settlement by Kushite 25th Dyn of Egypt. | 660 MCAW 69 |
c.653 | AMENARDIS queen of Kush at Napata from 663 ends. ATLANERSA succeeds until 643. | 653 rcNA |
c.643 | ATLANERSA king of Kush at Napata from 653 ends. SENKAMENISKEN succeeds until 623. | 643 rcNA |
c.623 | SENKAMENISKEN king of Kush at Napata from 643 ends. ANLAMANI succeeds until 593. | 623 rcNA |
c.600 | VOYAGE AROUND AFRICA commissioned by Neko-II (Necho) using Phoenician sailors. Starts at Ezion-Geber and sails clockwise around Africa, arriving back in Egypt 3 years later. | 600 WPOT 277, TTS, TTT Herodotus 4-42 BAR Jul-Aug 1979 vol V #4 |
c.593 | ANLAMANI king of Kush at Napata from 623 ends. ASPELTA succeeds until 568. | 593 bk, rcNA |
c.591 | PSAMTIK-II king of Egypt 595-89, invades Nubia, sacks Napata. | 593 bk 591 triN 590 B76 VII-430 |
c.590 | NAPATA, capital of Nubia from 1070, sacked by Psamtik-II king of Egypt 595-89. Capital moved to MEROE, near 6th cataract, but the religious center and royal cemetery remain at Napata until 300. | 600 PW 16 590 B76 VII-186, 430, rcNA, sud, wheMr, wikMr by 560 BHoE 561 |
c.568 | ASPELTA king of Kush at Meroe from 593 ends. AMTALQA succeeds until 555. | 568 bk, rcNA |
c.555 | AMTALQA king of Kush at Meroe from 568 ends. MALENAQEN succeeds until 542. | 555 rcNA |
c.542 | MALENAQEN king of Kush at Meroe from 555 ends. ANALMAYE succeeds until 538. | 542 rcNA, wikMr |
c.538 | ANALMAYE king of Kush at Meroe from 542 ends. AMANINATAKILEBTE succeeds until 519. | 538 rcNA, wikMr |
c.525 | CAMBYSES-II king of Medo-Persia 529-22 reaches Nubia, campaigns until 52?. | 525 B76 6-480, BHoE 561 |
c.519 | AMANINATAKILEBTE king of Kush at Meroe from 538 ends. KARKAMANI succeeds until 510. | 519 rcNA |
c.510 | KARKAMANI king of Kush at Meroe from 519 ends. AMANIASTABARQA succeeds until 487. | 510 rcNA |
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