This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
the region seems to have been peripheral, so there are relatively few inscriptions about it than about Kush in egypt, but taharqo's temple at sanam mentions the reception of various tributes from Khor (which is syria-palestine, an ancient egyptian topynm for that exact same modern region) and includes figures of vanquished 'asiatics' (people from east of egypt) and we know his armies campaigned there atleast twice and that local rulers (including the kings of Judah) expected the kushites to provide military assistance against Assyrians, although these local rulers more likely saw them as powerful allies rather than their direct suzerains like the new kingdom pharoahs.
so the answer on how much of the levant Kush 'controlled' is complicated, Kush had a rather unique ideology of power, combining ritualized suzeranity with diplomatic intermarriages, military prowess, and incoporating pre-existing rulers in its administration. since we dont know how important the egyptian-kushite religion was to the people of the levant at this time, and we dont know of any marriages between the kushites and rulers of the levant (unlike in egypt where there were plenty), but we know of kush's military activities in the region.
I think, given how relatively brief (29 years) it lasted in that specific region , Kush's control was largely confined to defending its frontier, making it mostly nominal, but kush's presence in the levant was acknowledged by atleast one of Kush's rulers, one of Assyria's rulers, one of Judah's rulers, and possibly some local allies.
Somewhat unrelated question, but how much of the Levant did Kush control?
the region seems to have been peripheral, so there are relatively few inscriptions about it than about Kush in egypt, but taharqo's temple at sanam mentions the reception of various tributes from Khor (which is syria-palestine, an ancient egyptian topynm for that exact same modern region) and includes figures of vanquished 'asiatics' (people from east of egypt) and we know his armies campaigned there atleast twice and that local rulers (including the kings of Judah) expected the kushites to provide military assistance against Assyrians, although these local rulers more likely saw them as powerful allies rather than their direct suzerains like the new kingdom pharoahs.
so the answer on how much of the levant Kush 'controlled' is complicated, Kush had a rather unique ideology of power, combining ritualized suzeranity with diplomatic intermarriages, military prowess, and incoporating pre-existing rulers in its administration. since we dont know how important the egyptian-kushite religion was to the people of the levant at this time, and we dont know of any marriages between the kushites and rulers of the levant (unlike in egypt where there were plenty), but we know of kush's military activities in the region.
I think, given how relatively brief (29 years) it lasted in that specific region , Kush's control was largely confined to defending its frontier, making it mostly nominal, but kush's presence in the levant was acknowledged by atleast one of Kush's rulers, one of Assyria's rulers, one of Judah's rulers, and possibly some local allies.