Although both Kush and Egypt based their administration on a monarchical system, the two territories had clear differences on how the leadership was passed on. In Egypt, the pharaoh's eldest son was expected to take over from his dead father, while in the Kush kingdom, leadership was passed to the brother of the dead king.
The leader of the Kush was also subjected to laws administered by priests, in contrast with the supreme leadership of the pharaohs.
The Egyptian culture considered their pharaohs gods, while the Kush leaders were not considered gods.
People in the Kush kingdom spoke a Nilo-Saharan language, while those in the Egyptian Empire spoke an Afro-Asiatic language.
The Egyptians developed hieroglyphics as a way of writing, while the Kushites relied on the Meroitic language. The Egyptian hieroglyphs are better understood compared to the Meroitic language.
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