David N. Edwards

The Nubian Past (eBook, ePUB)

An Archaeology of the Sudan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examining the area of Nubia and Sudan from the prehistoric to the nineteenth century AD, this is an exceptional study of the area's archaeology and history. The first major work in its field for over thirty years, this is a must for course students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134200863
• Artikelnr.: 47884367

Autorenporträt

David N. Edwards is a Visiting Honorary Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, Leicester University, with extensive research experience in Sudan and Nubia since 1985. He has worked extensively as a field archaeologist in Britain as well as Libya, Egypt and Jordan.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Nubia, Sudan and Sudanic Africa 2. Hunters, Fishers and Gatherers (c.10,000
5,000BC) 3. Developing Complexity and Expanding Worlds of Herders and Farmers (c.5000
2000BC) 4. Kush and Egypt's Imperial Ventures (c.2000BC
1000BC) 5. The Kushite Revival: the XXVth dynasty and Napata (c.1000BC
350BC) 6. Meroitic Kush (c.350BC
AD300) 7. Post
Meroitic Transitions (c.300
500AD) 8. Medieval Nubia (c.500
1500AD) 9. Post
Medieval Sudan and Islam (c.1500
1900AD) 10. Conclusions: Towards an archaeology of the Sudan