Ancient Egypt is the name of a civilization of North Africa around 3100 BC, consolidated along the Nile River Delta, that place these days is known as the country Egypt.
In early times, Egypt was called Kemet (Kermit), which means “The Black Land” in reference to the rich soil in the Nile Valley area.
Although historians focus mainly on the north kingdoms of Egypt as the ones with whom the pharaohs interacted mostly; a mighty kingdom, named "Kush", located beyond the first rapids of the Nile River, to the south of Egypt, maintained large economic ties with the Egyptians; and was able to conquer them in a lapse.
The term “Kush” comes from the Hindu, meaning Mountain Range. The Kingdom of Kush in Nubia, located around what today is known as Sudan, was established after the collapse of the Bronze Age, and the disintegrated New Kingdom of Egypt.
Nubia ("Kush") was an Egyptian colony from the 16th century BCE, governed by an Egyptian Viceroy. When the New Kingdom disintegrated, "Kush" became an independent kingdom. Pharaohs from Kush ruled Egypt for almost a century, and they also built temples, to honor their gods, and land-marked the desert with many tombs.
Two of the main resources of Ancient Kush were gold and iron, helping them to become wealthy by trading with other nearby nations.
