title: The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires
author: D. A. Welsby
description: ...a reliable, up-to-date guide....Welsby's book presents the archaeological evidence extensively in illustrations and plates. Welsby's early and concluding chapters (1-3, 9) trace the rise, greatness, and "fall" of the Kushite kingdom in great detail and with frequent reference to points of scholarly disagreement. The book's middle chapters (5-8) treat a variety of topics: "Religion and Funerary Ritual", "Architecture", "Urban and Rural Settlement", "The Economy", and "The Arts and the Art of Writing". They rely heavily on architectural remains and plans and on artefacts excavated in temples, palaces, towns, and cemeteries.Kushite pyramids and tombs (and their grave goods), inscribed stelae, statues, reliefs, skeletons, and pots [and] such objects of daily life as clothing, musical instruments, toys, and cosmetics.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  ![](rsrc7.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Princess to Pleasure Slave Chronicle
  
  
  Book Fifteen
  
  
  Pleasure Hive of the Breeders
  
  
  By Amanda Clover and Jay Aury
  
  
  @amandasmut
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover artwork by
  
  
  [Deilan12](http://deilan12.deviantart.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book and all its contents are copyright 2019 by Amanda Clover. All rights
  are reserved and no portions may be reproduced unless for the use of brief
  quotations for review purposes.
  
  
  All characters appearing in this story are over the age of 18. This is a work
  of parody and any resemblance to real people or situations is coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Map of the Empire of Istanov
  
  
  ![](rsrc1A.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Chronicle
  
  
  The time of monsters was said to be at an end.
  
  
  The rise of the great human empires of Istanov, Heimsvak, and the desert
  kingdom of Shaddobar brought the elves to heel and drove the tribes of orcs,
  goblins, and stranger monsters to the margins.
  
  
  The last great monster uprising occurred more than 50 years ago, wh