<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Kushite</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Kushite periods</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Twenty-fifth Dynasty</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Nubian</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Cushite</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Culture and styles of the ancient African kingdom of Kush, located at the confluence of the Blue Nile, White Nile, and Atbara rivers in present-day Sudan. The Kushite kings ruled as pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. Kushite art and architecture, though inspired by the canons of New Kingdom and Ptolemaic Egypt, showed increasing independence in the first millennium BCE.  ]]></note></mads>