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Kush

(kŭsh, ko͝osh)

See Cush².

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Kush

(kʌʃ; kʊʃ)

(Bible) a variant spelling of Cush

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Cush

or Kush

(kʊʃ, kʌʃ)

n.

1. the eldest son of Ham. Gen. 10:6.

2. an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt.

3. an ancient kingdom in North Africa, in the region of Nubia.

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the Meroitic Empire), which was entering its final phase by the end of the 3rd century AD, most likely broke up along the Nile river in a number of parts (Welsby 2002:15-17; cf.

The initiators of this 'new' theory do not comment on the reasons for Diocletian's withdrawal and do not try to solve the causes and circumstances of the 'immigrations' (and not 'invasions') or debate the origin and ethnicity of tribes in the Meroitic Empire and more specifically in the Dodeca-or Triacontaschoenos, neither do they date these 'immigrations'.

On the withdrawal of the Roman troops from the Dodecaschoenos in AD 298: many questions and few answers--the problems in perspective

The rulers moved their burial place to Meroe, which became the metropolis of the now Meroitic Empire, greatly strengthened the role of Nubian deities in religious and official life, and established Nubian Meroitic as the primary official written language.