"...I propose...that for most of the Bronze Age Nubian political systems were strongly centralized, covered large territories, and were akin to states and kingdoms...(pg. 1)
--Ancient Nubia, Egypt's Rival in Africa, David O'Connor
From a review on Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa by Leo Depuydt in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, July-Sept, 1996:
"In the first two-thirds, David O'Connor provides a sweeping survey of ancient Nubia, with many maps and illustrations. The author succeeds in removing Nubia from the shadow of Egypt, placing it on a pedestal for all to see as a brilliant African civilization. It also becomes clear from reading this work how much archaeological work still remains to be done in the Sudan, in comparison with better-explored Egypt, in order to flesh out the picture that we have today. This volume from the pen of a leading archaeologist adequately summarizes where the study of ancient Nubia stands in the early 1990s, when it is enjoying ever increasing popularity, and this in a conceptual framework that is at once open-minded, progressive, sensitive, and refreshing."
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