Kushite Egyptian Kingdom By lindajohnson Period: 750 BCE to 735 BCE King Kashta (Dates uncertain) Period: 747 BCE to 715 BCE Piye King of Egypt in Early 25th Dynasty 745 BCE Civil war in Assyria; rise of Tiglath-pileser III Period: 744 BCE to 727 BCE Tiglath-pileser III 728 BCE King Piye raids throughout Egypt Period: 721 BCE to 705 BCE Sargon II Period: 715 BCE to 702 BCE Shabaqo King of Egypt in later 25th dynasty 711 BCE Shabaqo unites Nubia and Egypt, Memphis is Northern Capital Period: 704 BCE to 681 BCE Sennacherib Period: 702 BCE to 690 BCE Shabitqo King of Egypt 701 BCE Shabitqo confronts Assyrian troops at Eltekeh Period: 690 BCE to 664 BCE Taharqo Period: 680 BCE to 669 BCE Esarhaddon 671 BCE Esarhaddon captures Memphis, Taharqo flees 669 BCE Taharqo recaptures Northern Egypt Period: 668 BCE to 627 BCE Assurbanipal 667 BCE Assurbanipal raides Thebes, pushes Taharqo south 664 BCE Assurbanipal captures Thebes Period: 664 BCE to 656 BCE Tanutamani 663 BCE Tanutamani removed from Egypt by Assurbanipal
