The beginning of the Nubian conquest in the Nile Valley

The beginning of the Nubian 

conquest in the Nile Valley

Nubia in the Nile Valley

The origin of the name Nubia is unclear. Noubades was the Greek name given to the people who migrated into northern Nubia in the 4th century Nubia was known as Kush for 2,000 years The area south of the first Nile Falls was called Kush The origin of the name Nubia is unclear The name is known from ancient Egyptian texts the Bible The Kushites developed a powerful territory The first Nubian territory was centered at Kerma later with a capital at Napata 800–270 BC and Meroei Many Nubians lived along the Nile River stretching north through the desert. Importantly the Nubians established trading posts with their northern neighbors the Egyptians in exchange for grain mining carnelian and gold dates lentils lentils and other mineral resources vegetable oil wine beer gold hides hardwoods

The Nubians from the African lands moved to the Sahara Desert starting with the Nile River around 5000 BC bringing with them the art of pottery New people began to move from the south into the region making the Nubian population a mixed African ethnic group They were originally herders and hunters of large animals but later became fishermen and farmers From their origins in sub-Saharan Africa to Egyptian and Mediterranean civilizations the Nubians built royal monuments and pyramids in what is now Egypt and Sudan. From the beginning the kings of Nubia with their special skills were a major military force conquering and ruling Egypt for about a century The beginning of the conquest of Nubia by Pharaoh Thutmose I of Egypt about 170 years ago. Pharaoh Tutankhamun discovered ancient skeletons in the past to the bones found today both ordinary people and objects in the Nubian pyramids found today.

Taharqa and the gods of Gematen (the Temple of Kawa). He makes an offering to the ram-headed god Amun-Re. Kawa shrine.

 At that time the pyramids were not related to the upper class in the past. From archaeological excavations most of the information about ancient Nubia pyramids monuments artwork and writings of the Nubian people still have important evidence that tells the story of ancient Egypt. Rock paintings found the complex relationship between the two lands Egyptian script was developed by the Nubians. Letter writing around 200 BC in the Meroitic period. The discoveries of archaeologists about Meroitic Nubia can be found in the literature and art of the Greeks which the Greek and Roman empires arrived on the borders of Nubia after 330 BC with the history left by the Nubian kings