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The Kingdom of Kush lasted for over 1400 years. Like Egyptians, they built pyramids, worshipped Egyptian Gods.

 

(from National Geographic)
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The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African kingdom situated on the Nile River, to the south of Egypt. It was from about 2000 BCE to 350 CE ago with the capital is Meroe.  Living near the Nile River so their life was depends on the river (followed by Maria, Luisa, Lin from their prezi).The Nile River gives them a big source of water and food to support their daily life [1].

 

Kush on map (from Duckster)
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Economy

Starting about 8,000BC, all of Northern Africa was more desert-like place, because it was getting drier. Because of the climate, people had to migrate to Nile River Valley which this wonderful land got foods and water for them. The economics of Kush was very developed...

Society

There were classes, stages and estates. There were three classes. The top was the ruling class, Pharaoh, which ruled the whole society. The second was the middle class such as vizier, priests, nobles, scribes, soldiers, and craftsmen. the third class was peasants and slaves...

 

Buildings

The kingdom of Kush at the Ancient Egypt times had a lot of amazing cultures, especially architecture. According to The Kingdom of Kush, the architecture was evolved under the 25th Dynastic. It contained a lot of famous and numerous buildings. For example is the Nubian pyramids and the temples. 

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