| Description |
1 online resource : 52 illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter I. On the Origins of Nomadism -- Chapter II. Identifying Nomads -- Chapter III. The Natural and Cultural Background of the Southern Atbai -- Chapter IV. Nomads in the Southern Atbai -- Chapter V. Nomads in Ancient Northeast Africa -- Chapter VI. Nomads on the Fringe of the Developing Pharaonic State -- Chapter VII. Nomads in the Eastern Desert -- Chapter VIII. Nomads on the Fringes of the Kushitic and Northern Ethiopian Kingdoms -- Chapter IX. Nomads on the Southern Border of Roman Egypt -- Chapter X. Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Nomadism was one of the most important strategies for survival, and it is still the strategy of choice form many cultures in Africa and the Near East. Nomadism can be best understood through an examination of its origins, by asking why and how nomadism emerged as a way of life |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Jan. 23, 2017) |
| Subject |
Nomads -- Africa, Northeast
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Antiquities.
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Economic history.
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Nomads.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Northeast -- Antiquities
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Africa, Northeast -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Northeast Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781512818543 |
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1512818542 |
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