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Kerma (city)

This article is about the abandoned city. You may be looking for an island of the same name.

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"Apedemak...he's your main god, right? Since ancient times, I suppose?"
"There are a number of lesser gods, but yes, Apedemak is special to us, and has been ever since my people left the city of Old Kerma in ancient Kush, just below the third cataract of the Nile."

―Jack Sparrow and Amenirdis^[src]

Kerma was an ancient city in Africa and the capital city of the Kerma culture. It was the capital of the Empire of Kush, before it was absorbed into the Egyptian Empire.

History[]

Around 3000 BC, a cultural tradition began around Kerma. Kerma was a large urban center that was built around a large mud brick temple, known as the Western Deffufa. Some unique aspects of this culture were beautiful pottery, the importance of cattle, a system of defense, and the King's audience chamber. This was one of the earliest African civilizations, commanding an empire that circa 1600 BCE rivalled Egypt.

Around 1300 BC, some people of Kerma abandoned their homes and journeyed to the West, where they inhabited an island in the Atlantic Ocean, which they also named Kerma. Three thousand years later, princess Amenirdis led an expedition from the island to reunite the islanders with their eastern countrymen, but instead of the magnificent city, they found just an old ruin, abandoned centuries earlier.

Behind the scenes[]

Kerma appeared in the novel Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A. C. Crispin. Crispin's instructions in writing the novel were to "stick to historical fact, unless it conflicts with established Pirates of the Caribbean continuity." The city of ancient Kerma really existed, located close to the third cataract of the Nile, in the country now called Sudan.

Appearances[]

The Price of Freedom (In flashback(s))

External links[]

Kerma on Wikipedia

Locations in Pirates of the Caribbean
Africa Barbary Coast – Calabar – Egypt – Kerma – Slave Coast – Tripoli The Americas Boston – Florida – Louisiana – Mexico – New Orleans – North Carolina Panama – Peru – Savannah – Virginia – Yucatán Peninsula Asia Bombay – China – Hong Kong – India – Nippon – Shanghai – Singapore – Suvarnadurg The Bahamas Andros – Nassau – New Avalon – New Providence The Caribbean Antigua – Black rock island – Cuba – Devil's Triangle – Dominica – Guadeloupe – Hangman's Bay – Hispaniola Ile d'Etable de Porc – Isla De La Avaricia – Isla Cruces – Isla de Muerta – Isla de Pelegostos Martinique – Padres Del Fuego – Port Royal – Poseidon's Tomb Puerto Rico – Saint Martin – San Silvestre –Shipwreck Island – St. Lucia – Tortuga – Unnamed Island Europe Barcelona – Cádiz – France – Gibraltar – Great Britain – Holland London – Marseille – Paris – Portugal – Scotland – Seville – Spain – Other locations Davy Jones' Locker – Farthest Gate – Ice Passage – Isla Sirena
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Locations in Pirates of the Caribbean

Africa
Barbary Coast – Calabar – Egypt – Kerma – Slave Coast – Tripoli

The Americas
Boston – Florida – Louisiana – Mexico – New Orleans – North Carolina
Panama – Peru – Savannah – Virginia – Yucatán Peninsula

Asia
Bombay – China – Hong Kong – India – Nippon – Shanghai – Singapore – Suvarnadurg

The Bahamas
Andros – Nassau – New Avalon – New Providence

The Caribbean
Antigua – Black rock island – Cuba – Devil's Triangle – Dominica – Guadeloupe – Hangman's Bay – Hispaniola
Ile d'Etable de Porc – Isla De La Avaricia – Isla Cruces – Isla de Muerta – Isla de Pelegostos
Martinique – Padres Del Fuego – Port Royal – Poseidon's Tomb
Puerto Rico – Saint Martin – San Silvestre –Shipwreck Island – St. Lucia – Tortuga – Unnamed Island

Europe
Barcelona – Cádiz – France – Gibraltar – Great Britain – Holland
London – Marseille – Paris – Portugal – Scotland – Seville – Spain –

Other locations
Davy Jones' Locker – Farthest Gate – Ice Passage – Isla Sirena

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