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Kerma was a Bronze Age culture (c. 2500–1500 bce) located in what is today Sudan and southern Egypt. It is one of the earliest complex societies in Africa and, at its height, rivaled Ancient Egypt. The ancient Kerma culture spans the Pre-Kerma, examining the settlements and cemeteries of this ancient culture during the Pre-Kerma (3500–2500 ...
Aug 19, 2021 · The Kingdom of Kerma was an ancient civilization that existed between 2500 BC and 1500 BC, located in what is today the northern part of Sudan. This kingdom was the first Nubian state, and its capital, Kerma, is today an important archaeological site. Kerma was also the earliest urban center in Africa outside Egypt.
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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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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 ...
The Caddoan languages are Caddo, Wichita, Pawnee, Arikara, and Kitsai, the latter four making up the Northern Caddoan languages. The speakers of the Northern Caddoan languages are also referred to as the Plains Caddoans because all four tribes (and their various bands) lived in the Southern and Central Plains during historic times.
Nov 19, 2019 · Its capital, the city of Kerma, had monumental architecture and religious art depicting deities in the form of lions, scorpions, and hybrid figures such as winged giraffes and hippopotamus goddesses. During the Classic Kerma Period (1700–1550 BCE), funerary monuments of Kerman kings could be up to one hundred meters long and included hundreds ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Caddo Nation. Caddo Indians enter written history in chronicles of the Hernando de Soto expedition, which describe encounters during the Spanish passage through southwest Arkansas. When the Spaniards crossed the threshold to Caddo country on June 20, 1542, they entered a nation uniquely distinguished by language, social structure, tradition ...
