3. AA.. NNuubbiiaa//
KKuusshh
• Along the Nile,
above 4th cataract
• 22330000 BBCCEE-- ffiirrsstt
mmeennttiioonn ooff NNuubbiiaa iinn
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• Peaceful cultural
interchange and
marriages
• Urban centers-
Meroë
4. What do we
Know about
Relations
Between the
Two societies?
How do we
Know it?
Why is it
significant to
World history?
What “lesson”
Does it show?
TThheessiiss
SSuuppppoorrtt
CCoonncclluussiioonn
10. “Medjay:” Elite Paramilitary Police
- Pharaoh’s Guards
- Guarded Trade
Routes, Royal &
Religious Centers
Nubians settled, married
Egyptian women, had Egyptian
children, were buried in the
Egyptian manner… but still
proudly maintained their
Nubian identities. 1122tthh DDyynnaassttyy:: 11999911––11778866 BB..CC..EE
VVaarriioouuss PPhhaarraaoohhss ooff NNuubbiiaann oorriiggiinn
11. Murals from the
tomb of
HHaarreemmhheebb
Last Nubian-
1306 BCE (most likely)
or 1319 BCE
until 1292 BC (18th Dynasty)
Egyptian Pharaoh,
25th Dynasty
12. NNeeww KKiinnggddoomm -- KKuusshhiittee PPeerriioodd
“The two cultures
melded together;
so much so, that
Nubians
evaporated from
the archeological
record as a
separate people…”
25. A. PPhhooeenniicciiaannss
• GGeeooggrraapphhyy
– Lebanon / Syria
– 1200 – 800 BCE - settled on Coast
– Main cities: Tyre & Sidon
• SSeeaaffaarriinngg TTrraaddiinngg
ssoocciieettyy
– Not much arable land
– Elaborate trading contracts with
major civilizations of the time
– Advanced cloth dying technologies:
Secret: Tyrian Purple made
from sea snails color of Royalty
– Glass
28. • “Missionaries of Civilization” - spread basically
Mesopotamian culture all over the Mediterranean – early reed ships,
later made of cedar
• Invented a simplified alphabet – based on Mesopotamian
22-letters
– Used papyrus from Egypt to make scrolls for books.
– The words “Bible” and “bibliography” come from the Phoenician
city of Byblos.
• 6th Century BCE- collapsed: Assyrian invasions.
46. Collection of Saffron
• Crocus flower
• Color, scent,
medicine,
aphrodisiac
• Blue Monkey??
SSaaffffrroonn
47. Minoan Writing
• Minoans – Linear A
• Accounts of transactions?
• Maybe derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs.
• Mycenaeans- Linear B
– An early form of Greek – has been translated
49. • “…they spoke a language we don't understand
and they wrote in a script which we can't
read. So the voices of the Minoans, their
stories, their history as they understood it, is
lost to us.”
50. DDeecclliinnee ooff MMiinnooaannss::
AAfftteerr 55 cceennttuurriieess ooff pprroossppeerriittyy……
• Palace centers weakened by fire,
1500 BCE…rebuilt on top.
– Left trash & rebuilt on top, so we found
early artifacts in tact, incl. Linear A & B
• Crete, Thera volcanic eruption, &
tidal wave: 1450 to 1500 BCE-destroyed
Minoan cities including
Knossos.
• Attack of Myceneans.
51. So… What?
• Do you think most civilizations are off-shoots
of another, or did they develop
independently?
• HOW do you think ideas spread in the ancient
world?
• What kinds of ideas were probably the mozt
popular or EASIEST to spread?
Editor's Notes
Iraq – Thunderstorm coming!
Navigable to 6th cateract…
Limestone grave marker from Upper Egypt: depicts a Nubian soldier named Nenu holding his bow and arrows;
Beside him is his wife, wearing the close-fitting linen dress typical of Egyptian women.
Nenu wears a kilt tied with a characteristically Nubian leather sash.
In the upper right, an Egyptian servant presents a bowl of beer.
Dogs are often included on the stelae of Nubian soldiers, suggesting the great affection they had for these pets.
Horemheb (sometimes spelled Horemhab or Haremhab and meaning Horus is in Jubilation) was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from either 1319 BC to late 1292 BC,[1] or 1306 to late 1292 BC (if he ruled for 14 years) although he was not related to the preceding royal family and is believed to have been of common birth.
Before he became pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander in chief of the army under the reigns of Tutankamun and Ay. After his accession to the throne, he reformed the state and it was under his reign that official action against the preceding Amarnarulers began.
Horemheb demolished monuments of Akhenaten, reusing their remains in his own building projects, and usurped monuments of Tutankhamun and Ay. Horemheb presumably remained childless since he appointed his vizier Paramesse as his successor, who would assume the throne as Ramesses I
Who are these people? Nubian? Egyptian? Probably BOTH! Nubian queens of Egypt…
By 730 Egypt in decline. Kushites invaded & ruled 100 years as 25th Dynasty – til driven out by by Assyrians. Continued to rule Nubia as Egyptian culture.
By 5th c. BCE Kushites ruled only their own land – Decidedly Egyptian culture. Hieroglyphs ? Pictograms – or Phoenecian Alphabet that represented phonetic sounds?
Egypt and Nubia developed side by side- adopting some ideas from Mesopotamia, with whom they traded.
What’s another name for “urban center?” City. So was this a civilization? Maybe! It was here that later Ghana, Mali and Songhai were built. We just don’t have enough firm information YET.
Modern Day Lebanon
Loved jewelry! But have not found any… WHY?
On Thera, knew volcano was coming, so evacuated with time to spare! (Unlike in Pompeii).
On Crete, squatters stayed, but …most evacuated. Started new settlements
Egyptian influence in Architecture – monolithic, heavy
1600 BCE – Capitol- Knossos
Youths boxing
Initiation ritual – demonstrated by belts. Monkeys wore a harness…
Saffron from Crocus stemens
Reconstruction of baboon -
reconstruction
Garment for ritual wear only – reconstruction of original w/ some interpretation…
Snake Goddess (c.1600 BC) - Found in Palace of Knossos, height 13 1/2 inches (34.3 cm) - Archeological Museum, Herakleion
Secular dress – covers breasts; Initiate has open bodice, but not developed + topknot with shaved head starting to grow hair back