Kerma hosted massive brick buildings which were devoted to commerce and the arts. The government of Nubia had supported the Hyskos in the Hyskos invasion of Egypt. The era of the New Kingdom had ushered in a time of Egyptian conquest and revenge. The Kingdom of Kush became an Egyptian colony. In the years that followed, Egypt fell into chaos.
History has no record of the events of the next four hundred years.
In the eighth century B.C., a Nubian dynasty dedicated to conquest raised an army and attacked Egypt. In 712 B.C., an African dynasty ruled both Egypt and Nubia. The Nubian Pharaohs followed Egyptian traditionalism and restored the rites and traditions of the old religion. B.C. First capital of Nubia. The city covered 62 acres and housed a temple, palace, commercial center and over 200 homes.