ASIN: B01FYMS0BY
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 54
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the Nubians written by the ancient Egyptians and other ancient historians*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsDuring the several centuries that ancient Egypt stood as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, civilizations of the ancient world, conflicts with its neighbors often played a central role in hieroglyphic texts and art from temples and tombs. The three primary enemies of the Egyptians were the Libyans who occupied the Western Desert and its oases, the so-called Asiatics who lived in the Levant, and finally the Nubians to Egypt’s south. Among the three peoples, the Nubians were the most “Egyptianized” and at times were integral to the development of Egyptian history. Truly, the Nubians were the greatest of all sub-Saharan peoples in pre-modern times and deserve to be studied in ...
