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The kingdom of Kush · Meroe, present-day Sudan1A city built in stone · Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe2A city of learning · Timbuktu, Mali3History cast in metal · Benin City, present-day Nigeria4Poetry finds its readers · Boston, Massachusetts5Building an institution for learning · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (original school)6A bank built for a community · Richmond, Virginia7A school becomes a lasting legacy · Daytona Beach, Florida8A neighborhood full of new voices · Harlem, New York9Mathematics helps open the sky · Hampton, Virginia10Patterns carried across generations · Gee’s Bend, Alabama11
PLACES. PEOPLE. POSSIBILITIES.Approximate city/site locations · country boundaries not shown
Ancient world / Cities & civilization

The kingdom of Kush

Meroe, present-day Sudan

Meroe was a capital of the Kushite kingdom. Its urban remains, temples, and pyramid tombs preserve evidence of a major African civilization and its influence.

Something to carry with you.

African history includes long traditions of urban life, knowledge, statecraft, and artistic work.

What might a city’s buildings tell us about the people who lived there?

UNESCO · Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
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Land outline: Natural Earth · public domain · 1:110m land. Locations and time labels are introductions, not complete geographic or historical boundaries.