Ancient Nubia : Egypt's Rival in Africa

by: O'Connor, D.

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Ancient Nubia : Egypt's rival in Africa

Author:David B. O'Connor

Summary:"Ancient Nubia ... will introduce you to the peoples and culture of the ancient land of Nubia. A civilization sometimes threatened by, but more often competitive with, its more powerful northern neighbor, Egypt. Ancient Nubia had an identitiy and a diversity of tradition that is extraordinary to investigate.

xiv, 178 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm

Contents:
Figures
Foreword
An Introduction to Ancient Nubia
1. Understanding Ancient Nubia
2. Chiefs and Kins in Early Nubia
3. The Lion and the Crocodile
4. Nubian Life in the Middle Bronze Age
5. Colonialism and a Reborn State
6. The Great Kingdom : Napata and Meroe
7. The People of Karanog
8. After Meroe : The Great Divide
Endnotes
Suggested Readings
Compendium of Objects in Exhibition "Ancient Nubia : Egypt's Rival in Africa"
Concordance
Index

Includes index

Subjects:
Antiquity
Africa Nubia
Antiquity
Geschichte 300 v. Chr.-500
History
Nubia
Nubia Civilization
Nubia History
Nubie Antiquités
Nubie Histoire
Nubien

Ancient Nubia : Egypt's Rival in Africa

by: O'Connor, D.

• ISBN-13: 9780924171284 / 978-3-451-19767-3
• ISBN-03: 0924171286 / 3-451-19767-7
• The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993

Price: 59,00 EURO

1 copy in stock