CChronica Maps

Meroë: History, Former Names & Timeline

Later capital of the Kingdom of Kush, famous for its pyramids and iron-working.

Map showing Meroë in AD 300Meroë
Border map for AD 300. See the world in AD 300.

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Former names of Meroë

FromNameNote
590 BCMeroë

Timeline of Meroë

YearEvent
590 BCKush moves its capital to Meroë
AD 350Aksum destroys the kingdom of Meroë

Who ruled Meroë

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCMeroe
400 BC–324 BCKush
323 BC–499Meroe
500–599Axum
600–1491Makkura
1492–1599Alwa
1600–1782Ottoman Empire
1783–1814Funj
1815–1879Unclaimed / no data
1880–1913Egypt
1914–1919Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1920–todaySudan

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