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Egypt lost its power and Kush became independent again. Even after becoming independent, the Kushites still followed Egyptians tradition.

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Kush invaded Egypt. After Egypt lost its power, it was weaker and easier to defeat. Egypt lost its power due to many Egyptian kingdoms fighting against each other. This made Egypt weaker.

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Egypt surrendered to Kushites. Piye became king of Kush in this new land, and was doing his best to preserve Egypts land.

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Assyrians attacked. They had time to build up power in Mesopotamia, and they decided to try and get new territory.

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Assyrian king invaded Kush. The Kushites had been fighting for a while, and they did not triumph, getting kicked out of Kush.

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Egyptians invaded Kush. The capital Napata was destroyed in the process, and the Kushites moved to their new capital, Meroë.

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Queen Amanirenas defended Kush from Roman attacks. She and her son, Prince Akinidad destroyed Roman forts and kept the war going with Rome.

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Kush fell to Ethiopian invaders. After they stopped following Egyptian traditions and had their own language, they seemed to be thriving. The civilization went on for about 1000 more years. Soon after, Ethiopian invaders overthrew Kush.