Why was Meroë a key city to the Kingdom of Kush?

Meroë was ideally positioned as a port city on the Nile, with trade routes to both the Red Sea and African interior. With the Nile making irrigation possible, Meroë was an agriculturally fertile area, and also sat next to lucrative iron and gold mines.

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a.) a poor farmer, due to the fact that they would want to be freed from british rule.