Kingdom of NAPATA
Kingdom of NAPATA
| dc.contributor.author | Elzubair Bashir Taha | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-22T13:49:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-22T13:49:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Archaeological relics and findings of historical research indicate that Sudan has witnessed the rise and fall of regional civilizations for more than ten thousand years. Of all those civilizations the era of the Sudanese Napatan Empire was the greatest in sub-Saharan Africa. Napata Empire began to blossom mid eleventh century BC and survived for a thousand years. The most prosperous period of the Napatan Empire is represented in Egyptology by the 25th dynasty particularly during the pharoship of Taharka (690-660 BC) during whose rule extensive pyramids, settlements and temples were built, the remains of which can still be seen. with its vast economic and distinctive political organization the Napatan civilization was able to spread its territory to include Ethiopia east, Darfur west, Upper Nile South and across lower and upper Egypt thru to Southern Turkey Anatolia. In the seventh century before Christ, the Napatan army defeated the Assyrians and chased them out of entire Syria and Palestine thus librating the sacred city. Taharga, the third Napatan pharaoh, was named in the bible as the protector of Orshleem AlGuds. By assuming full control over the red sea, the Napatan Empire has played an important role in international trade connecting Far East to Egyptian ports thus interacting with Southern Europe via the Mediterranean. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2948-300X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.napata.edu.sd/handle/123456789/9 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Napata College | |
| dc.title | Kingdom of NAPATA | |
| dc.type | Article |