HIST 2706 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Napata
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1600 km stretch of land between aswan and khartoum. Only continuous settlement connecting southern and northern trade. Really important natural resources > gold, copper, semi-precious stones. Egypt and nubia had a cultural exchange: nubian fly amulet adopted as an egyptian military symbol. Flows through desert, grassland, and fertile plains. People settle in nubia, learn how to cultivate (5000 bce) Nubia trading ivory and ebony with egypt. Enters the historical records in 2300 bce in egyptian accounts of trade. Natural barrier on the nile formed by large boulders and rapids. Prevented boats to carry on without stopping. First cataracts 7 miles long located at the south of aswan. Formed a natural boundary separating egypt form nubia. Walls > need to keep out invaders, shows there was something desirable. Huge structures made of mud and brick. Hundreds of wives sacrificed with kings in their tombs. Beginning of dressing up for the afterlife. Farthest the egyptians had spread after their re-unification.