Nubian

Nubian

  • 5000 BCE

    African people move to the Nile in Nubia

    African people from what is now the Sahara began to move toward the Nile in Nubia
  • 4200 BCE

    making pottery and art

    beginning to make pottery and art
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1650 BCE

    Kerma kingdom

    Kerma
  • Period: 1872 BCE to 1860 BCE

    military campaign against nubia

    1,872 BCE - First military campaign of Senusret III of Egypt against Nubia.
    1,870 BCE - Second military campaign of Egypt against Nubia.
    1,868 BCE - Third military campaign of Egypt against Nubia.
    1,862 BCE- Fourth military campaign of Egypt against Nubia.
    1,860 BCE - Final military campaign of Egypt against Nubia; campaign aborted before engagement.
  • 1600 BCE

    kingdom of Kush

    Founding of the kingdom of Kush, Nubia.
  • 1000 BCE

    introduction of islam cause the country to split.

    Nubians were introduce to the religion of Islam. Islam changed the nature of the Nubian people, and split of the country into north and south.
  • 800 BCE

    capital of Meroë

    Nubian capital of Meroë is founded.
  • Period: 800 BCE to 270 BCE

    Napata kingdom

    Napata kingdom
  • Period: 525 BCE to 522 BCE

    pesian campaign to Nubia

    Cambyses II of Persia rules Egypt and leads campaign to Nubia.
  • 350 BCE

    End of Kingdom of Meroë

    End of the Kingdom of Meroë in Nubia.
  • 275 BCE

    Invasion by Ptolemy II

    Ptolemy II invades the Meroitic Nubian kingdom and annexes Lower Nubia.
  • Period: 270 BCE to 370

    Meroe kingdom

    Meroe kingdom
  • Period: 205 BCE to 185 BCE

    Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia secede

    Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia secede from the Ptolemaic Kingdom with the support of Meroe. Two Egyptians, Horwennefer and his successor Ankhwennefer are declared as Pharaoh in the now independent territories.