<Tr> <Td> Kingdom of Aksum </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Today part of </Th> <Td> Sudan Egypt </Td> </Tr> <P> The Kingdom of Kush or Kush (/ kʊʃ, kʌʃ /) was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, located at the Sudanese and southern Egyptian Nile Valley . </P> <P> The Kushite era of rule in Nubia was established after the Late Bronze Age collapse and the disintegration of the New Kingdom of Egypt . Kush was centered at Napata during its early phase . After Kashta ("the Kushite") invaded Egypt in the 8th century BC, the monarchs of Kush were also the pharaohs of the Twenty - fifth Dynasty of Egypt, until they were expelled by the Neo-Assyrian Empire under the rule of Esarhaddon a century later . </P>

Where was the ancient kingdom of kush located