Piankhi was the hereditary ruler of the kingdom of Cush on the Upper Nile in what is now the northSudan. About 741 B.C. he succeeded his father, Kashta, who seems to have founded this Nubian Kingdom. By this time Lower Egypt had been in full decline for almost half a millennium.
<h2>Answer: </h2><h3>Piankhi was an ancient Kushte king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC (remember BC goes down as years pass). He ruled what is known today as Sudan.</h3>
