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3,000 Years Ago in East Africa

From about 750 BC, a Nubian Kushite dynasty rules in Egypt from the capital of Napata. The Nubians, aside from a relatively small region far south of Napata, were themselves once ruled by the Egyptians.

In 591 BC, the Egyptians, now free of Assyrian rule, launched an invasion southward. The capital of the Nubian kingdom of Kush, Napata, was captured and sacked. The Nubians remained undefeated however, and retreated 500 km upstream to Meroe, which became the new capital. The kingdom was now called Meroe after the city.

66 years later, in 525 BC, Egypt was conquered by the Persians. A Persian invasion of Meroe, however, was defeated.

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