Kandake

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Kandake or Kentake, also known as Candace, was the title for queens and queen mothers of the ancient African empire of Kush (also known as Nubia). The name Candace and its variants derive from the title Kandake.

Contents 1 New Testament 2 Candace of Meroë 3 Kandakes of Kush 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] New Testament

In the New Testament of the Christian Bible, a treasury official of "Candace, queen of the Ethiopians" returning from a trip to Jerusalem was baptised by Philip.^[1]

[edit] Candace of Meroë

A legend in the Alexander Romance claims that Candace of Meroë fought Alexander the Great ^[2]. In fact, Alexander never attacked Nubia, and never attempted to move further south than the oasis of Siwa in Egypt.^[3][4]

Later, the kandake Amanirenas, as reported by Strabo, fought a war with the army of the Roman Empire under Augustus.^[5]

[edit] Kandakes of Kush

• Pelekh Candace of Meroe (c. 345 BC - 332 BC)^{[citation needed]}
• Alakhebasken (c. 295 BC)^{[citation needed]}
• Shanakdakhete (177 BC - 155 BC)^{[citation needed]}
• Amanikhabale (50 BC - 40 BC)^{[citation needed]}
• Amanirenas (40 BC - 10 BC)^{[citation needed]}
• Amanishakheto (c. 10 BC - 1 AD)^{[citation needed]}
• Amanitore (1 AD - 20 AD)^{[citation needed]}
• Amantitere (22 AD - 41 AD)^{[citation needed]}
• Amanikhatashan (62 - 85)^{[citation needed]}
• Maleqorobar (266 - 283)^{[citation needed]}
• Lahideamani (306 - 314)^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Qore
• Kush

[edit] References

1. ^ Acts 8:27
2. ^ Jones, David E., Women Warriors: A History, Brasseys, Inc.; (2000)
3. ^ Gutenberg, David M. (2003). The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Princeton University Press. p. 64. 
4. ^ Morgan, J.R. and Stoneman, Richard (1994). Greek Fiction: The Greek Novel in Context. Routledge. pp. 117–118. ISBN 0415085071. 
5. ^ Nubian Queens in the Nile Valley and Afro-Asiatic Cultural History - Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Professor of Anthropology, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston U.S.A, August 20-26, 1998

• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/1326/hatshepsut.html/ Immanuel Velikovsky
• digNUBIA

[edit] External links

• Candace in the Catholic Encyclopedia