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Jul 11, 2022 · 2.15.1: Kerma (c. 2400 BCE to c. 1500 BCE) Kerma endured in Upper Nubia for almost a thousand years. The kingdom is named after its capital city at Kerma at the third cataract, but excavations at other sites (where similar pottery styles and burial sites have been found) suggest that at its height Kerma’s reach may have extended more than 200 miles southward past the fifth cataract of the ...
Jul 4, 2013 · Abstract. This article discusses two of Africa’s great civilisations which developed in the Nile Valley on the southern margins of the Sahara. The first with its capital at Kerma was the earliest urban civilisation in sub-Saharan Africa and rose to rival in power Pharaonic Egypt. The second, the Kingdom of Kush, lasted for over 1,000 years ...
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The kingdom of Kerma was an African state located along the Nile river south of Egypt, on the edge of the ancient Middle Eastern world- system. 1 It had complex and well-documented relations with Egypt—trade partner, military adversary, source of immigrants—from the late Old Kingdom (ca. 2300 bc) until its conquest by Egyptian armies at the beginning of the New Kingdom (ca. 1500 bc).
Jan 10, 2022 · Kerma, also known as Karmah, is a historically significant archaeological site. It is the old capital of Kerma, an ancient country located in the Dongola Reach (above the 3rd Cataract of the River Nile in Sudan). All of these legends date back over 5500 years. Kerma is one of the most important archaeological sites in ancient Nubia (ancient ...
Jan 31, 2022 · The Early or Ancient Kerma was from around 2,500 BC to 2,050 BC, and very little is known about this period. Middle Kerma was from around 2,050 BC to 1,750 BC, during which Kerma was the great rival to the Egyptian south. And the Classic Kerma, their golden age following the Hyksos conquest of Egypt, existed from around 1,750 BC to 1,500 BC.
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The other languages miraculously spoken by the Apostles at that Pentecost to worshipers from different parts of the world were: Parthia—Parthian, a proto-Aramaic language. Media—a northeastern Iranian language. Elam—a “language esolate” with no relationship to any other. Mesopotamia—Akkadian spoken 2800 BC-500 AD.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia, an introduction. The first settlers in northern Sudan date back 300,000 years. It is home to the oldest sub-Saharan African kingdom, the kingdom of Kush (about 2500–1500 B.C.E.). This culture produced some of the most beautiful pottery in the Nile valley, including Kerma beakers.
