Government: B (Mallory B.)

The Kush Empire was an empire in Northern Africa that started around the Nile in 2000 B.C. Over this time period, the Kush people lived under a monarchy. The monarchy seemed to work for the empire, as they were very organized and often conquered other lands. For instance, King Kashta invaded northern Egypt, and successfully conquered some land there. Then, later, his son King Piankhi conquered all of Egypt, whose people were under a strong empire at the time, and then led there for 70 years before losing power. The monarch also worked for the empire because the line of leaders followed the mother’s descendants more than the father’s. This caused there to be a lot of queens in Kush history. By having queens instead of kings, the women of the empire were more represented, instead of the whole government being controlled by men.

The people of the empire lived in villages, and each village had their own specific leader. However, the leader was more of a figurehead and suggested things more than he ruled harshly. This led for many rights and freedoms for the individuals, but it also caused the government to not be very involved with the common people, and they weren’t always well controlled.

I gave the Kush Empire an B in government because they were very organized and their queens led for equality throughout the empire. Also, the government let the common people have many rights, but they were marked down because they were not very involved in the lives of the people, so they did not do a very good job at controlling the people.