Nor is it the ethos of the Kushite Dynasty to go for the jugular. Witness how Piye in 728 dealt with his foes—Tefnahkt and others. Instead of annihilating them and their forces, he achieved a modus vivendi with them. In return for forgiving them and letting them keep some of their privileges, he was spared casualties, received bountiful tribute and gained a political situation that, if uncomfortable (notably because of Tefnakht’s comeback in Lower Egypt), he could at least live with. When he went to war against Tefnakht, Piye states that his objective was not to destroy the rebel but to “make
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