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Viceroyalty of Kush
Origins
After Thutmose I destroyed Kerma around 1500 BCE, the Egyptian Empire New Kingdom annexed Nubia as far as the Fourth Cataract. It was governed by a viceroy with the title 'King's Son of Kush', divided into Wawat (Lower Nubia), administered from Aniba, and Kush (Upper Nubia).
Rule and society
The viceroys collected tribute in gold, ivory, ebony, cattle and soldiers, and Nubian gold mines in the Wadi Allaqi made Egypt the richest power of its age. Pharaohs built temple towns at Soleb, Sesebi, Gebel Barkal and Abu Simbel. Nubian elites were educated at the Egyptian court, and Egyptian religion, especially the cult of Amun, took deep root. Known viceroys include Merymose and Huy.
Decline and legacy
Around 1080 BCE the viceroy Panehesy fought the High Priest of Amun in Thebes and withdrew to Nubia, which then slipped from Egyptian control. Egyptian religion and kingship persisted locally and later inspired the Kushite Empire of Napata.
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- Viceroyalty of Kush was a province of Egyptian Empire New Kingdom1500 BCE – 1070 BCE
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