Time Line of Kush
2000 B.C.
- Rise of the Kushite empire (c. 1700 B.C.)
- Egypt conquers Kush (c. 1500 B.C.)
1000 B.C.
- collapse of the New Kingdom in Egypt allows Kush to expand (970 B.C.)
- Kush occupies Egypt (c. 750 B.C.)
700 B.C.
600 B.C.
- Kush capital moved from Napata to Meroe (591 B.C.)
300 B.C.
- Merotic script is introduced in Kush (c. 280 B.C.)
100 B.C.
- Kush assists the Nubians in a revolt against Rome (24 B.C.)
- Roman army razes Kushite city of Napata (23 B.C.)
300 A.D.
- Axum conquers Kush and Nubia (c. 350 A.D.)