Kush - Nations and Cultures

Nations and Cultures

  • Kingdom of Kush, an ancient nation in northeastern Africa comprising large areas within present-day Egypt and Sudan.
  • Kassites, an ethnic group who controlled Mesopotamia during early biblical times (late 16th century to mid 12th century BC). Herodotus and other ancient Greek writers often confused them with the NE African Kush.
  • Kushwaha or Kashshi, an agriculturist (peasant) people of India.
  • Maurya founders of a very extensive empire of India and central Asia.

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