Early African civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili The Nile Valley and Delta with the ancient Egyptian city names. Source: www.egyptmyway.com Ancient Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and Mediterranean and Red Sea border kept foreigners and their ideas away. The Nile River was very important to Egyptian civilisation. The Nile River The Nile is the biggest river in Africa. The ancient Greeks saw Egypt as a gift of the Nile. Egypt was split into two regions. Stone The majority of buildings were built using sun-dried bricks made from river clay. Boats The Egyptian nation was stretched along a very long river. Climate Egypt has only spring and summer seasons. Beliefs The triangular shape of the pyramids shows the control of one person over many. Ancient Egyptian religion remained mostly the same over thousands of years. Egyptians had a very long ritual for the after-life. Social structure Ancient Egyptians are said to be the first people to have a dictator. Swahili civilisation
The History of Ancient Nubia | The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Nubia was home to some of Africa’s earliest kingdoms. Known for rich deposits of gold, Nubia was also the gateway through which luxury products like incense, ivory, and ebony traveled from their source in sub-Saharan Africa to the civilizations of Egypt and the Mediterranean. Archers of exceptional skill provided the military strength for Nubian rulers. Kings of Nubia ultimately conquered and ruled Egypt for about a century. Monuments still stand—in modern Egypt and Sudan—at the sites where Nubian rulers built cities, temples, and royal pyramids. Nubians lived in the central Nile valley African people from what is now the Sahara began to move toward the Nile in Nubia by around 5000 BC. The river was a lifeline Many Nubians lived along the Nile which curved northward through the desert. Archaeology and history reveal Nubia Most information about ancient Nubia comes from archaeological excavation and from the study of monuments and rock art found there. The origin of the name Nubia is obscure.
Wonders of the African World - Episodes - Black Kingdoms of the Nile - Retellings Greek traditions told of Memnon, a legendary Nubian king who had fought in the Trojan War; they spoke of Nubia's people, who were the "tallest and handsomest on earth," and whose piety was so great that the gods preferred their offerings to those of all other men. They also knew that historical Nubian kings had once conquered Egypt and ruled it for sixty years and that their dynasty was counted as Egypt's Twenty-fifth. The Greeks, however, did not call these people "Nubians" or "Kushites," as we do today; they called them Aithiopes ("Ethiopians"), which in Greek meant "Burnt-Faced Ones." They knew perfectly well that Nubians were black-skinned, as are the Sudanese of the same regions today. During the 1840s, the great German egyptologist, Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884) led an expedition to record the monuments of Egypt and Sudan for the King of Prussia. This was Reisner at his worst. In the 1990s, the future of Nubian Studies in America looks brighter than ever.
Nubia: Ancient Kingdoms of Africa Statue of King Senkamanisken Granite gneiss, Gebel Barkal, 640–620 bc (Napatan Period, reign of Senkamanisken). Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition: 23.731 Photography © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston As branches of the Nile River descend from the highlands of East Africa, they join in a single course and pass through the land of Nubia, in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt. The river has always provided life in this arid region as a source of water, food, and transport. The population of the Nile Valley increased with the first permanent settlements, beginning around 8000 BC. Located on the main transportation route in north-eastern Africa, Nubia cannot be understood in isolation from its neighbors, particularly Egypt to the north. This exhibition presents an opportunity to understand Nubia on its own terms.
Ancient Africa for Kids: Kingdom of Kush (Nubia) History >> Ancient Africa The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient civilization in Africa. It is often referred to as Nubia and had close ties to Ancient Egypt. Where was the Kingdom of Kush located? The Kingdom of Kush was located in Northeast Africa just south of Ancient Egypt. How long did the Kingdom of Kush rule? The Kingdom of Kush lasted for over 1400 years. Two Capitals The Kingdom of Kush had two different capital cities. Similar to Ancient Egypt The Kingdom of Kush was very similar to Ancient Egypt in many aspects including government, culture, and religion. Iron and Gold Two of the most important resources of Ancient Kush were gold and iron. Culture of Kush Outside of the Pharaoh and the ruling class, the priests were the most important social class in Kush. Like the Egyptians, religion played an important role in the lives of the Kushites. Interesting Facts about the Kingdom of Kush
Nubia | ancient region, Africa Nubia, NubiaEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc.ancient region in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River valley (near the first cataract in Upper Egypt) eastward to the shores of the Red Sea, southward to about Khartoum (in what is now Sudan), and westward to the Libyan Desert. Nubia is traditionally divided into two regions. The region of Lower Nubia saw one of the earliest phases of state formation in the world: rulers of the A-Group culture—who were buried in a cemetery at Qustul, excavated by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in the 1960s—adopted symbols of kingship similar to those of contemporary kings of Egypt of the Naqādah II–III period. Pharoah Snefru (c. 2575 bce) conducted a raid into Nubia and established an Egyptian outpost at Buhen. When Sesostris I of the 12th dynasty invaded Nubia about 1915 bce, he named the land south of the second cataract Kush. Abu Simbel, Egypt: templeA.
Khazaria.com - History of Jewish Khazars, Khazar Turk, Khazarian Jews Khazaria?the Myth of Anti-Semitism Exposed at Last!! Here is the dictionary definition of MYTH: Etymology: New Latin mýthus, from Late Latin mýthos, from Greek muthos. A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. An unfounded or false notion. A person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence. Here is the dictionary definition of ANTI-SEMITISM: 1. In this Biblical, historical, and factual exposé, we will give the reasons for the existence of Old Khazaria . . . and New Khazaria!! The most cruel hoax in history!! "The most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated" are the words used to describe this "Jewish" hoax or myth by a Khazar author named Arthur Koestler: This was written before the full extent of the holocaust was known, but that does not alter the fact that the large majority of surviving Jews in the world is of Eastern European—and thus perhaps mainly of Khazar—origin. The Khazars adopted the religion of the Samaritans or fake Jews around 740 A.D. Of course the eminent author Mr.
Leaked report: Israel acknowledges Jews in fact Khazars; Secret plan for reverse migration to Ukraine | Jim Wald Jerusalem and Zhitomir, 16 March/Adar II 14 Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign up! (Our Russian and Ukrainian correspondents Hirsh Ostropoler and I. Z. Grosser-Spass also contributed to this story, delayed due to the crisis over the Crimean referendum.) Fast-breaking Developments Followers of Middle Eastern affairs know two things: always expect the unexpected, and never write off Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who has more political lives than the proverbial cat. Only yesterday came news that Syrian rebels plan to give Israel the Golan Heights in exchange for creation of a no-fly zone against the Assad regime. A Warlike Turkic People—and a Mystery It is well known that, sometime in the eighth to ninth centuries, the Khazars, a warlike Turkic people, converted to Judaism and ruled over a vast domain in what became southern Russia and Ukraine. The Khazar Empire, from M. a warlike people: Khazar battle axe, c. 7th-9th centuries
15 Ways Being Jewish Is Meaningful | David Harris Surveys reveal a disturbingly large number of American Jews who feel disconnected from their Jewish identity. How painfully sad! In response, and with the High Holy Days just around the corner, let me share what being Jewish means to me. It means championing what is arguably the single most revolutionary concept in the annals of human civilization--monotheism--introduced to the world by the Jews, and its corollary, the inherent belief that we are all created in the image of God (in Hebrew, B'tzelem Elohim). It means embracing the deep symbolic meaning the rabbis gave to the story of Adam and Eve. Strikingly, Jews have never been satisfied with things as they are. And finally, as Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel once said, it means not necessarily seeking to make the world more Jewish, but rather more human. There's a story of an elderly woman in New York who asks her travel agent to book her on a trip to a remote part of Asia.
Vladimir Putin Speech: 85% Of The 1917 Soviet Government Was Made Up By Rothschild Zionist Khazars! | Power Elite Soviet Communist Mikhail Gorbachev. He had to resign because the people were getting fed up with Rothschild’s communism bilking operations. Sovietism aka; Communism aka; Rothschildism fell When Gorbachev Was Ousted In 1991. They must destroy our Bread Basket In The Middle Of The U.S. The Earth itself is already a “natural reserve”. Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that Jews made up “80 to 85 percent of the first government of the Soviet Union” following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Russia Federation’s President Vladimir Putin. According to the official transcription of Putin’s speech at the museum, he went on to say that the politicians on the predominantly Jewish Soviet government “were guided by false ideological considerations” and supported the arrest and repression of all faiths.” On this latter point, Putin is of course incorrect, and he was probably avoiding the truth so as not to stir up a hornet’s nest against himself. Rothschild Too Big To Jail? Rothschild Bank Dick
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