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After becoming Nubia's capital in 530 BC, what fate did Meroe face?

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Later, after the Assyrians expelled (c.667 BC) Tirhakah from Egypt, the Cushite capital was moved (c.530) from Napata to Meroë . Meroë fell (c.350) to the Ethiopians and was abandoned.

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