Meroë becomes the heart of Kush
Kush moves south to a city of pyramids and iron
Around 270 BC the royal burials of Kush moved from Napata to Meroë on the Nile. The Meroitic kingdom, with its own script, pyramids and large-scale iron smelting, flourished until the 4th century AD.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- c. 261 BC Kalinga War — 9 years later
Alive at the time
- Archimedes (aged 17)
- Euclid (aged 55)
- Ashoka (aged 34)
- Eratosthenes (aged 6)
- Arsinoe II (aged 46)