| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Encounters with ancient Egypt |
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Encounters with ancient Egypt.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Locating ancient Egypt in Africa: modern theories, past realities / David O'Connor and Andrew Reid -- Afrocentrism and historical models for the foundation of ancient Greece / Martin Bernal -- Attributing colour to the ancient Egyptians: reflections on Black Athena / John A. North -- The unity of Africa / Michael Rowlands -- Ancient Egypt and the source of the Nile / Andrew Reid -- Views of ancient Egypt from a West African perspective / Caleb A. Folorunso -- Cheikh Anta Diop and ancient Egypt in Africa / Kevin C. MacDonald -- Ancient Egypt, missionaries and Christianity in Southern Africa / Bruce S. Bennett -- Landscapes of knowledge, idioms of power: the African foundations of ancient Egyptian civilization reconsidered / David Wengrow -- Ancient Egypt in the Sudanese Middle Nile: a case of mistaken identity? / David N. Edwards -- On the priestly origin of the Napatan kings: the adaptation, demise and resurrection of ideas in writing Nubian history / Robert G. Morkot -- Pharaonic or Sudanic? Models for Meroitic society and change / Dorian Q. Fuller |
| Summary |
Considers how Ancient Egypt was dislocated from Africa, drawing on a range of sources. This work examines key issues such as the evidence for actual contacts between Egypt and other early African cultures, and how influential, or not, Egypt was on them. It focuses on cultural interactions between Egypt and Nubia from 1000 BCE to 500 CE |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-209) and index |
| Notes |
"Publication of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London." |
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Includes extensively revised and updated papers originally presented at a conference held at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London in December 2000 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization
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Civilization -- Egyptian influences
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International relations
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041266
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Africa -- Civilization -- Egyptian influences
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Egypt -- Relations -- Africa
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Africa -- Relations -- Egypt
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| Subject |
Africa
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Egypt
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reid, Andrew
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| ISBN |
9781598747560 |
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1598747568 |
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