The Kingdom of Kush

Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10448-8
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 648 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1153 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

The individual character of Kingdom of Kush has often been overshadowed by the overwhelming cultural presence of its neighbour Egypt. This handbook in our series "Handbuch der Orientalistik/Handbook of Oriental Studies" for the first time presents a comprehensive survey of the rich textual, archaeological and art historical evidence for this Middle Nile Region Kingdom of Kush.
Basing itself both on the evidence and scholarly literature, this work discusses the emergence of the native state of Kush (after the Pharaonic domination in the 11th century B.C.), the rule of the Kings of Kush in Egypt (c. 760-656) and the intellectual foundations and political history of the Kingdom in the Napatan (7th - 3rd centuries) and Meroitic (3rd century B.C. - 4th century A.D.) periods.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Ancient History, Egyptology, African history, Nubian studies, intellectual history and ancient African and Near Eastern art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Török, László

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

László Török, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Science (1992), is member of the Advisory Board of the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, and member of the Norwegian Academy of Science. He has published extensively on the history and archaeology of the Middle Nile Region (Nubia) and on Egyptian art in the Hellenistic and Late Antique periods.