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The Kingdom of Kush: A Captivating Guide to an Ancient African Kingdom in Nubia That Once Ruled Egypt (African History) Kindle Edition

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Free History BONUS Inside! The Kingdom of Kush was completely forgotten once it met its end. The stories of its might didn’t survive in the cultures of its successor kingdoms, possibly because Christianization soon followed, which required the people of the Nubian region to turn toward the east and the myths of the Christian messiah. There was no more room for the divine rulers, Amun and Re, or a place for their sons, the kings of Kush. The kingdom continued to exist in the stories of some classical writers, but it was often considered as nothing more than a distant, probably even imaginary, kingdom, where the uncivilized savages lived. With the renewed interest in the classical arts of Greece and Rome, the Renaissance rediscovered the existence of Kush. Still, it was not explored until Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in 1798. Even then, it was seen as a part of Egyptian culture. The discoveries made by the 18th- and 19th-century explorers proved there were, in fact, two separate cultures. However, this explanation was greatly influenced by Darwinism. Scholars presented the entirety of Africa as a place where civilized white men ruled over the “uncivilized negroes.” Kush was no exception to them, and the general opinion was that Egypt ruled over the uncivilized Kushites. Even the rule of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty was observed as nothing more than the less fortunate Kushites imitating the superior Egyptians. It was not until the early 20th century that the Kingdom of Kush received its rightful place in history. When the first archaeological survey of Nubia took place between 1907 and 1911, the distinctive cultural aspects of the Kingdom of Kush emerged, and it was finally seen as a separate entity from Egypt. In The Kingdom of Kush: A Captivating Guide to an Ancient African Kingdom in Nubia That Once Ruled Egypt, you will discover topics such as
  • Nubia and the Emergence of the Kingdom of Kush
  • From Alara to the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty
  • The Rulers of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty
  • Relations between Kush and Egypt Continue
  • Kush between the 6th and 3rd Centuries
  • The Meroitic Dynasty
  • The Last Centuries of the Kingdom of Kush
  • The Society of Kush
  • And much, much more!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08GZ17ZZQ
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 28, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Frank Deardurff III
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Detailed and interesting
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020
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I originally started reading this as I had been studying the biblical book of Genesis which talks about Noah’s grandson Cush. This book talks about religion but does not correlate with that. That being said. It does go into great detail about the role Kush played in that region. It was interesting to learn about the stories told from the Stelae of the leaders of the times.
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Terry Tucker
5.0 out of 5 stars The product was very informative.
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2021
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I used the product for research it was very informative.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
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I was hoping for a better cultural and less structural understanding of the people of Kush. There is so little understanding of the Kingdom of Kush and it’s important contribution to African history. The book leaves you desiring more but it was a great introduction
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T. Battle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020
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Andy McKinney
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I didn't know a lot about Kush before I took on this little, 100-page book. Boy howdy, now I know more about Kush than anyone on my street. And in just a hundred pages too! This volume has two virtues. Virtue number one is that it covers a subject that might interest some people and about which there is not a lot of literature.
I was delighted and amazed to discover that the Egyptian 25th Dynasty came about when Kush took over Egypt for a while. I didn't know that from my exploration of Egyptian history or had forgotten (not an unlikely idea.)
The other virtue of this book is the price. I often feel that if the price is low enough, why not take a chance? In this case, the low price and the intriguing subject nearly make up for the mechanical style of writing. We get long passages about little-known rulers and speculation about what they were up to. Well, we can forgive the lack of information that forces informed speculation but the turgid writing is a chore to get through.
I have read a number of the short works by this company and keep coming back for more, in spite of the limitations of the writing style. Few other publishers bother to put out popular-level books on obscure historical subjects. The writing is tolerable on that basis.
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J.D.
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly captivating read!
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020
This book was for me, a fascinating trip into an ancient kingdom and culture that I previously knew little about.
As someone who is fascinated with ancient Egypt and ancient history in general, I am thrilled that this book could enlighten me on aspects of ancient Africa, Ethiopia and Kush, which I have not known before.
The author briefly mentioned a few subjects that I am anxious to learn more about such as the visiers and the earliest known God to be worshipped, and more.
Any ancient history lover should read this book, there is plenty of facts and knowledge shared in this book that I don't think are widely known and are intriguing.
Any lover of Egyptian history should read this book also, not only for the intriguing facts and accurate dates listed but because there are so many fascinating stories in this book about Egyptian life and culture, that it fires the imagination and you feel like you are actually there!
I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more from Captivating History.
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JJares
4.0 out of 5 stars A Major Power in the Ancient World
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2020
Before reading about ancient African dynasties and kingdoms, I thought there were only Egyptians and Carthaginians in Africa in early times.  However, the continent was busy with flourishing city-states and trade across various tribes and kingdoms.  It was fascinating to see how the non-violent change of rulers from Egyptian to Kush was proved.  Archeologists proved it by showing that the Kush absorbed the burial practices of the Egyptians and made them their own.

Until reading some of these Captivating History books, I always thought using elephants for battle was a rare thing.  This book talks about Egypt losing its supply of war elephants because they were cut off from the Indian subcontinent.  After the conquest by Alexander the Great, the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt sought a new source of these fearsome beasts.  These animals roamed freely in the southernmost regions of Kush and Ptolemy planned to get Egyptian experts to capture and train them and return them to  Egypt.  They must have been terrifying in battle.

We often see gold ornaments and clothing adorning the Egyptians.  I was surprised to learn that the Kush mines were a great source of the gold and provided much of it to the Egyptian royalty and funerary rites.  Another surprise was the adaptation of the Hellenistic arts and intellectual pursuits by the Kush dynasty.

Throughout the history outlined in this book, tremendous amounts of energy were expended to legitimize rulers.  When the Kush turned from Egypt tradition and created their own Meroitic Dynasty, they had to legitimize it through a new deity.  Their warrior king was depicted as a lion and human.

Sometimes, this story was as holey as Swiss cheese.  "There is not much evidence to attest to...." was more prevalent than I care to recount.  There was so much supposition that I became disenchanted at times.  I understand that this company is trying to share as much history as they can; they do a tremendous amount of research (that is obvious).  I'd just prefer to read more of proven history and less conjecture. 
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Igor Palmeira
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Reviewed in Brazil on April 8, 2021
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Interessante, e bem organizada, descrição de um povo um pouco distante da ação do Mediterrâneo e Levante, mas que influenciou e foi influenciado por outras culturas mais centrais da época. Boa introdução do assunto.
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