Territorial change of Kingdom of Kush

“Kingdom of Kush” — appears in this map’s data from 1000 BC to AD 346. Its territory was largest in 700 BC – 676 BC, at ≈ 563 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
1000 BC – 801 BC≈ 336 thousand km²
800 BC – 701 BC≈ 337 thousand km²
700 BC – 676 BC≈ 563 thousand km²
675 BC – 651 BC≈ 336 thousand km²
650 BC – 631 BC≈ 336 thousand km²
630 BC – AD 337≈ 336 thousand km²
AD 338 – 346≈ 336 thousand km²
1000 BCAD 346

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in 700 BC – 676 BC (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
1000 BC≈ 336 thousand km²3 of 11
900 BC≈ 336 thousand km²3 of 14
800 BC≈ 337 thousand km²3 of 15
750 BC≈ 337 thousand km²3 of 33
700 BC≈ 563 thousand km²2 of 29
675 BC≈ 336 thousand km²3 of 29
650 BC≈ 336 thousand km²5 of 34
630 BC≈ 336 thousand km²5 of 32
615 BC≈ 336 thousand km²6 of 35
600 BC≈ 336 thousand km²6 of 49
550 BC≈ 336 thousand km²6 of 49
540 BC≈ 336 thousand km²6 of 48
530 BC≈ 336 thousand km²5 of 47
500 BC≈ 336 thousand km²4 of 45
480 BC≈ 336 thousand km²4 of 43
450 BC≈ 336 thousand km²4 of 34
404 BC≈ 336 thousand km²6 of 32
383 BC≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 34
366 BC≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 36
350 BC≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 35
337 BC≈ 336 thousand km²6 of 30
333 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 31
331 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 33
326 BC≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 33
323 BC≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 36
318 BC≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 36
315 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 34
307 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 37
301 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 38
291 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 40
284 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 39
283 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 39
281 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 39
279 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
277 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
275 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
272 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 44
271 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 45
264 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 45
256 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 44
247 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 43
239 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 45
230 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 43
225 BC≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 43
223 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 41
222 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 39
218 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 38
216 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 38
212 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 39
210 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 38
208 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 46
206 BC≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 56
203 BC≈ 336 thousand km²13 of 40
202 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 39
197 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 43
188 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 44
170 BC≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
164 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 40
144 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 39
126 BC≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 37
110 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 38
91 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 39
87 BC≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 36
77 BC≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 37
66 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 35
63 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 43
50 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 46
49 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 46
48 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 46
46 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 45
44 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 45
42 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 45
41 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 45
40 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 45
36 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 49
31 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 49
30 BC≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 49
27 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 47
25 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 44
19 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 44
14 BC≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 44
AD 1≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 45
AD 6≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 45
AD 9≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 45
AD 14≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
AD 23≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 41
AD 30≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 42
AD 43≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 44
AD 51≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
AD 60≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 43
AD 68≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 42
AD 78≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 42
AD 84≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 42
AD 91≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 41
AD 106≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 40
AD 114≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 36
AD 117≈ 336 thousand km²7 of 36
AD 127≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 39
AD 154≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 41
AD 161≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 40
AD 165≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 42
AD 184≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 41
AD 197≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 42
AD 207≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 44
AD 215≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 44
AD 224≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 43
AD 238≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 42
AD 247≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 42
AD 260≈ 336 thousand km²11 of 38
AD 261≈ 336 thousand km²13 of 40
AD 263≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 40
AD 265≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 40
AD 270≈ 336 thousand km²10 of 40
AD 283≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 38
AD 287≈ 336 thousand km²8 of 43
AD 299≈ 336 thousand km²9 of 43
AD 306≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 43
AD 308≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 43
AD 311≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 43
AD 313≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 43
AD 324≈ 336 thousand km²12 of 45
AD 337≈ 336 thousand km²13 of 47
AD 338≈ 336 thousand km²13 of 47

Its highest rank was in 700 BC: number 29 of 2.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 3 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
675 BClostNeo-Assyrian Empire≈ 229 thousand km²
700 BCgainedTwenty-second Dynasty of Egypt≈ 167 thousand km²
700 BCgainedTwenty-third Dynasty of Egypt≈ 61 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

Wikipedia (English) “Kingdom of Kush”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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