The Blameless Ethiopians

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Kush is an ancient region of Northeast Africa and is also known as Nubia or Ethiopia. This paper describes the impact of the Kushites on Africa, along with how they got the title of Blameless Ethiopians from the ancient Greeks. The paper presents a detailed history of the Kushites along with the background information.

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"The Assyrians forced the Kushites to retreat farther south. This retreat south eventually closed off much of the contact that the Kushites had with Egypt, the Middle East, and Europe. The Kushite capital, Napata, was conquered in 591, and forced the Kushites to move their capital to Meroe. Meroe was right in the heart of the Kushite kingdom. Because of the isolation from the Egyptian world, the Meroitic Empire turned its attention to the sub-Saharan world. The Meroitic Empire served as the middle term in trade of African goods to northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Although the Meroitic Empire continued the cultural traditions of pharoanic Egypt, the Meroites (Ethiopians) developed newer forms of culture and art because of their isolation from the northern regions."

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