In 1850, a famous historian (I'm trying to find his name) claimed Egyptians and Nubians were white. This after the Greeks named the Nubians, Ethiopians which actually means burnt faced people or black.
Other historians reading Egyptian writings told of how Nubians were a cowardly and weak people. Yet Nubia with a very small population due to the geography of where they lived was able to keep invaders out of their nation for over a thousand years before Egypt with a very large army attacked. Perhaps when the Egyptians took on Nubia, the Nubians were very smart--why fight when the odds against you are so great?
Don't forget that Nubia under the name of Kush took over Egypt and ran it as the 25th Dynasty.
Don't forget when the Greeks defeated Egypt, they were not able to defeat the Nubians.
Strange how historians continue to change history to fit the needs of the class in power.
OK--they may not have been the first and oldest civilization if you base civilization on the ability to write, but they were there before the Egyptians, they survived in a very harsh environment, they were able to mine gold, metals and other minerals to create amazing works, and they had an incredible army that kept the nation safe for centuries.
Even the mythology of their religion predates Egypt.
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This idea that the Egyptians referred to the Nubians as wretched out of spite etc is rubbish. You should check out this video by Dr. Mario Beatty part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KKsbNxrfk part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1qgAgrCNzA
ReplyDeleteKush/Nubia had writing before Egypt did. The city of Qustul (in Northern Sudan) is the site of the area the Egyptians called "Ta-Seti" and it is there that the oldest versions of Mtu Ntr (Hieroglyphics) has been found.
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