What is Kashta known for?
Kashta, (flourished c. 750 bce), Kushite king who Egyptianized Nubia and conquered Upper Egypt. When did King Kashta invade Egypt? After King Kashta (“the Kushite”) invaded Egypt in the 8th century BC, the Kushite kings ruled as pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt for a century, until they were expelled by Psamtik I in…