where was the kushite city of meroë located?
miles. It reached from the Kushite city of MeroÃ« (MER-oh-ee), located on the southern Nile River, to the Mediterranean Sea. In Egypt, Piye and his family became the 25th dynasty, or line of rulers. Kushite pharaohs ruled over Egypt for nearly a century. Historians have traditionally called them the âblack pharaohs.â