{"product_id":"aksum-and-nubia-9780814762837","title":"Aksum and Nubia","description":"\u003cp\u003eAksum and Nubia assembles and analyzes the textual and archaeological\u003cbr\u003eevidence of interaction between Nubia and the Ethiopian\u003cbr\u003ekingdom of Aksum, focusing primarily on the fourth century\u003cbr\u003eCE. Although ancient Nubia and Ethiopia have been the subject\u003cbr\u003eof a growing number of studies in recent years, little attention has\u003cbr\u003ebeen given to contact between these two regions. Hatke argues\u003cbr\u003ethat ancient Northeast Africa cannot be treated as a unified area\u003cbr\u003epolitically, economically, or culturally. Rather, Nubia and Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003edeveloped within very different regional spheres of interaction, as\u003cbr\u003ea result of which the Nubian kingdom of Kush came to focus its\u003cbr\u003eenergies on the Nile Valley, relying on this as its main route of\u003cbr\u003econtact with the outside world, while Aksum was oriented towards\u003cbr\u003ethe Red Sea and Arabia. In this way Aksum and Kush coexisted\u003cbr\u003ein peace for most of their history, and such contact as they maintained\u003cbr\u003ewith each other was limited to small-scale commerce. Only\u003cbr\u003ein the fourth century CE did Aksum take up arms against Kush,\u003cbr\u003eand even then the conflict seems to have been related mainly to\u003cbr\u003esecurity issues on Aksum’s western frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Aksum never managed to hold onto Kush for long, much\u003cbr\u003eless dealt the final death-blow to the Nubian kingdom, as is often\u003cbr\u003ebelieved, claims to Kush continued to play a role in Aksumite royal\u003cbr\u003eideology as late as the sixth century. Aksum and Nubia critically\u003cbr\u003eexamines the extent to which relations between two ancient African\u003cbr\u003estates were influenced by warfare, commerce, and political\u003cbr\u003efictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnline 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).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Hatke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48095341576443,"sku":"9780814762837","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_727aaeb4-6302-45f8-80dc-63c4b1b07959.jpg?v=1770448574","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/aksum-and-nubia-9780814762837","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}