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The Rise of Nobadia: Social Changes in Northern Nubia in Late Antiquity
A. Obluski
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Hardcover. The author of this book presents an innovative approach to the history of Nubia. The period covered includes? the fall of Meroe and the rise of the united kingdom of Nobadia and Makuria. The emphasis was put on the analysis of social and political change/dynamics/transformations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 maps, 6 charts, 21 figs. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 732.
The author of this book presents an innovative approach to the history of Nubia. The period covered includes the fall of Meroe and the rise of the united kingdom of Nobadia and Makuria. The emphasis was put on the analysis of social and political change/dynamics/transformations. Moreover some major improvements of the chronological nomenclature have been suggested. To date, it has been largely influenced by the early 20th cent. politically incorrect approach to African cultures and the contemporary state of research. The author implies that there is actually no reason which would compel modern scholars to study and describe the history ... Read more
The author of this book presents an innovative approach to the history of Nubia. The period covered includes the fall of Meroe and the rise of the united kingdom of Nobadia and Makuria. The emphasis was put on the analysis of social and political change/dynamics/transformations. Moreover some major improvements of the chronological nomenclature have been suggested. To date, it has been largely influenced by the early 20th cent. politically incorrect approach to African cultures and the contemporary state of research. The author implies that there is actually no reason which would compel modern scholars to study and describe the history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
warsaw, Poland
ISBN
9788392591993
SKU
V9788392591993
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About A. Obluski
Artur Obłuski is a Nubiologist and field archaeologist who devoted his academic career to the study of Christian Nubia. Among his research interests are transition periods in the history of the Nile Valley societies. He has published on the formation of the medieval Nubian kingdoms “The Rise of Nobadia” and is now studying liminal phases of a Christian African community ... Read more
Reviews for The Rise of Nobadia: Social Changes in Northern Nubia in Late Antiquity
...Obluski's broader claim about the essential continuity of Nubian late antiquity is convincing. It is in keeping with more general trends in Nubian studies, which have in the last generation seen Nubian studies less as an ongoing cycle of external influence and disruption and more as the continuous history of a single population. Obluski's work on late antique Nubia is ... Read more