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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of Nubia near the Fourth Cataract of the Nile River in modern-day Sudan. It flourished during the eighth century BC.
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"Without doubt, Queen, this turbulent Rames might think of such things," said Abi, "and so far your dream may be true; yet it should be remembered that at present he is at Napata, which is a very long way off, and has probably only a small army at his command, so why should you trouble about what he thinks?"
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"Then you have come to the right place," answered the woman, "for pearls are rare at Napata, which is so far from the sea; also it is said that the young King loves singing if it be good."
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I have sent him to Napata, which is very much out of the way -- many months 'journey, I am told. "
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With capital at Kerma, Karima (Napata) or Bagrawiyah (Meroe), never did the Cushitic Kingdom expand over territory that was in more recent periods under the control of Abyssinia.
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After the Assyrian conquest of Egypt, the Kushite Empire continued in Nubia, developing a distinctive culture and urban society with its capital in Napata.
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Under Napata and Meroë, a syncretistic architectural style developed.
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When Taharka died, his son Tenuatamun (664656) continued the resistance to the Assyrians, but in 663 Ashurbanipal finally defeated Tenuatamun and drove him back to Napata (See 14901426).
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About 6000 B.C.E., the Nubian rulers moved their capital from Napata far upstream to Meroë, on a fertile floodplain between the Nile and Atbara Rivers in what is now the Sudan.
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The 25th Dynasty began as a line of Kushite kings, operating from their capital at Napata (See 14901426).
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MEROË (See 591 B.C.E. 350 C. E), the successor to Napata, was the center of a state which engaged actively in trade with the Mediterranean world and was a major producer of iron implements in a developing trade in Africa.
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