Name
| Kash in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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kꜢš Kash |
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The native name of the Kingdom was likely kaš, recorded in Egyptian as kꜢš.
The name Kash is believed by some to be connected to the Biblical character Cush, in the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: כוש), son of Ham (Genesis 10:6).
The conventional name "kingdom of Kush" was introduced in 19th-century Egyptology.
Some scholars believe the economy in the Kingdom of Kush was a redistributive system. The state would collect taxes in the form of surplus produce and would redistribute to the people. Others believe that most of the society worked on the land and required nothing from the state and did not contribute to the state. Northern Kush seemed to be more productive and wealthier than the Southern area.
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