The “Selection of Aspalta as King of Kush,” describes in great detail the process by which Aspalta became the appointed ruler of the Kushites. The document showed the close connections between government and religion in Kushite civilization. If I did not know that Aspalta was a Kushite King, I would amuse he belonged to the Egyptian civilization. Throughout the document, hints are thrown such as Egyptian deities such as Amon-Re and Iris. Kush shared some cultural characteristics with neighboring Egypt. For example, Nubia was directly overseen by a mixture of Egyptian officials and Nubians adopted some Egyptian customs, such as more Egyptian traits, such the adoption of the Egyptian gods (Shillington-Ch. 3). For example in the document, the
