Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Kush was a great civilization south of Egypt, between 1700 BC and 1500 BC. Areas baring the name also appear in Azerbaijan and beyond as far as Afghanistan. It has been suggested the term originated with the pre-sumerian aboriginal inhabitants of the Messopotamian Kish. See also: List of Kushite Kings, Kushites. External link On Kush This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.