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Kingdom of Kerma

First great Nubian kingdom, a powerful rival of Egypt centered on the city of Kerma above the Third Cataract.

The Kingdom of Kerma was conquered by the Egyptian New Kingdom under Pharaoh Thutmose I c. 1504 BCE, who sacked the city of Kerma; the region was subsequently administered as the Egyptian province of Kush under a Viceroy, ending Kerma as an independent polity.

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Further reading

• The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia Associate Research Scientist Geoff Emberling · 1996

  The current authoritative survey of ancient Nubia, from the A-Group and Kerma through Kush and Meroe.

• Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile Marjorie M. Fisher et al. (eds.) · 2012

  Authoritative survey of Nubian cultures including A-Group; fills gap between Welsby (Kush-focused) and UNESCO volume

• General History of Africa, Vol. II: Ancient Civilizations of Africa G. Mokhtar (ed.) / UNESCO · 1981

  UNESCO volume covering Kerma alongside other Nubian cultures; brings record to 2 sources

Sources

• Kerma culture — Wikipedia