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Aksum and Nubia - (Isaw Monographs) by George Hatke (Hardcover)

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  • Aksum and Nubia assembles and analyzes the textual and archaeologicalevidence of interaction between Nubia and the Ethiopiankingdom of Aksum, focusing primarily on the fourth centuryCE.
  • Author(s): George Hatke
  • 230 Pages
  • History, Ancient
  • Series Name: Isaw Monographs

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Aksum and Nubia assembles and analyzes the textual and archaeological
evidence of interaction between Nubia and the Ethiopian
kingdom of Aksum, focusing primarily on the fourth century
CE. Although ancient Nubia and Ethiopia have been the subject
of a growing number of studies in recent years, little attention has
been given to contact between these two regions. Hatke argues
that ancient Northeast Africa cannot be treated as a unified area
politically, economically, or culturally. Rather, Nubia and Ethiopia
developed within very different regional spheres of interaction, as
a result of which the Nubian kingdom of Kush came to focus its
energies on the Nile Valley, relying on this as its main route of
contact with the outside world, while Aksum was oriented towards
the Red Sea and Arabia. In this way Aksum and Kush coexisted
in peace for most of their history, and such contact as they maintained
with each other was limited to small-scale commerce. Only
in the fourth century CE did Aksum take up arms against Kush,
and even then the conflict seems to have been related mainly to
security issues on Aksum's western frontier.


Although Aksum never managed to hold onto Kush for long, much
less dealt the final death-blow to the Nubian kingdom, as is often
believed, claims to Kush continued to play a role in Aksumite royal
ideology as late as the sixth century. Aksum and Nubia critically
examines the extent to which relations between two ancient African
states were influenced by warfare, commerce, and political
fictions.

Online edition available as part of the NYU Library's Ancient World Digital Library and in partnership with the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW).



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"A very useful and stimulating contribution on the problem of the contacts between Aksum and Nubia, to be recommended both to Nubiologists and to specialists of Ethiopian studies and certainly also to specialists of Classic and Late Antique studies."-- "Annali Sezione Orientale"

"Rich and important offerings, well worthy of study by specialists, who will find many stimulating ideas to consider, and by more general readersperhaps familiar with adjacent areas and/or periodswhose horizons will be greatly extended."--David W. Phillipson, University of Cambridge
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.02 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 230
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Ancient
Series Title: Isaw Monographs
Publisher: New York University Press
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Author: George Hatke
Language: English
Street Date: January 7, 2013
TCIN: 85162013
UPC: 9780814760666
Item Number (DPCI): 247-60-6869
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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