Aksum and Nubia

Warfare, Commerce, and Political Fictions in Ancient Northeast Africa

AvGeorge Hatke

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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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. Although ancient Nubia and Ethiopia have been the subjectof a growing number of studies in recent years, little attention hasbeen given to contact between these two regions. Hatke arguesthat ancient Northeast Africa cannot be treated as a unified areapolitically, economically, or culturally. Rather, Nubia and Ethiopiadeveloped within very different regional spheres of interaction, asa result of which the Nubian kingdom of Kush came to focus itsenergies on the Nile Valley, relying on this as its main route ofcontact with the outside world, while Aksum was oriented towardsthe Red Sea and Arabia. In this way Aksum and Kush coexistedin peace for most of their history, and such contact as they maintainedwith each other was limited to small-scale commerce. Onlyin the fourth century CE did Aksum take up arms against Kush,and even then the conflict seems to have been related mainly tosecurity issues on Aksum's western frontier. Although Aksum never managed to hold onto Kush for long, muchless dealt the final death-blow to the Nubian kingdom, as is oftenbelieved, claims to Kush continued to play a role in Aksumite royalideology as late as the sixth century. Aksum and Nubia criticallyexamines the extent to which relations between two ancient Africanstates were influenced by warfare, commerce, and politicalfictions.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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Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-07
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:ISAW Monographs
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:New York University Press
ISBN:9780814760666

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George Hatke holds a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He is a Visiting Research Scholar at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. His research includes the ancient history of the Horn of Africa and South Arabia, Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade, and the late antique Near East.

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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

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Preface1. Introduction1.1. Before Aksum and Kush1.2. The First Millennium BCE2. The Question of Aksumite Trade with Nubia3. The Third Century CE3.1. Cosmas Indicopleustes at Adulis3.2. Dating Monumentum Adulitanum 3.3. Aksumite Expansion in Northeast Africa 3.3.1. Aksum and Rome's Southern Frontier3.3.2. Aksum and "Ethiopia"3.3.3. Sasu3.3.4. Aksum's Northern and Western Frontiers in the Third Century4. The Fourth Century CE4.1. Ousanas and Kush4.2. Aksum Invades Kush4.2.2. The Political Implications of the First Aksumite Invasion of Kush4.3. Trouble on the Western Front? A Possible Clue in RIE4.4. The Noba4.5. 'Ezana's Nubian War 4.5.1. The Greek Account4.5.2. The Vocalized Ge'ez Account4.5.2.1. The Haughty Noba4.5.2.2. Pillaging the Towns of the Noba4.5.2.3. The Attack on Kush4.5.2.4. Tallying Up the Spoils of War4.5.3. A Third Account of the Nubian War4.6. Assessing the Impact of Aksum on Nubia in the Fourth Century4.6.1. The Archaeological Evidence4.6.2. The Graeco-Roman Textual Evidence4.6.3. The Fall of Kush5. After Kush 5.1. Kaleb and Nubia5.2. The Nobades and Blemmyes5.3. Longinus' Mission and the Aksumite Presence in Alodia5.4. Into the Middle Ages6. Conclusion BibliographyMaps Map 1Map 2Map 3Index