TED-Ed What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush?

From: TED-Ed - Saturday Oct 09, 2021 02:02 pm

What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush?

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Along the Nile River, in what is now northern Sudan, lay the ancient civilization of Kush. Though they were once conquered by a powerful neighbor, the kings and queens of Kush would go on to successfully challenge two of the most dominant empires in history: the Egyptians and the Romans. So what happened to this African kingdom? Geoff Emberling details the rise and fall of the Kush empire.

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