The last 3 minutes made some powerful points on how Egypt history is misunderstood as it relates to Nubia/Kush and the Levant. That mixed race Pharaoh definitely should be highlighted more. This lecture sheds so much light on how things were at those times. That said, I had already deduced most of this because it was clear that the Nubians played a massive role in the history of Egypt, for so so many reasons, that it baffles me how some people just deny or dismiss it.
Thank you for this, a very sound clarification of a very misrepresented history. The history of the world has been almost criminally distorted in order to maintain the lie of wt supemacy. So much work has to be done to undo this travesty.
I loved this presentation. With respect to the fortresses in Nubia, the sheer number and positioning of them suggests that they more likely originated as keeps for trade rather than outright defensive strongholds. Kerma had been a trade center for goods coming out of the West African bulge(Kayenga) through the Darfur passage and the northern road into Chad. These fortresses would have disrupted Kerma trade and Kerma's monopoly on the goods of "Sudanic Africa". The fortresses cut out an important rent seeking middle man in the trade channel between Kayenga/Chad and important markets in the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
Thank You, Dr. Faraji & Archaeological Research Facility UC Berkeley : Dr. Faraji what a Phenomenal & Masterful lecture on the Kushite Kingdoms of Kerma..You have presented a unified whole from fragments that has been given as the whole & truth...Also thank you for acknowledging the African American Ancestors, who proceeded you in trying to tell the history of Both Kush & Egypt to deaf ears; what's the saying about standing on the shoulders of giants.. I was touched & moved by Jess Johnson acknowledgment of Native Ancestors who lands the university sits on & her loving acknowledgment of B.L. M. this was a 1st for me...Finally I'm so glad to now know about you Dr.Faraji , I now know we are in the 21century with your lecture & presentation..
Nice video, however, the entire Nile Valley was a Saharo Sahelian cultural complex as the populations of the Nile were always migratory. As such the population centers have shifted over time as various groups came and went in prehistory, especially in the last Saharan Wet Phase where populations moved into the center of what is now the Sahara desert. This is part of the reason why the various groups (A-Group, C-Group, Kush) are not really closely related as would be implied by the concept of "Nubia". They were not, much as the populations of Lower Sudan (the Beja, "Nubians" of Aswan) are not the same as the populations of Central and Upper Sudan (Nuba, Noba, etc). There has never been a monolithic cultural identity in Sudan. Also, because of the shifting climate along the NIle, most of the main population centers and sites of cultural evolution on the NIle were farther South along the Nile between Lower Sudan and Upper Egypt. This includes all the mesolithic sites along the Nile Valley going back 20,000 years such as the Halfan Industry, the Sebilian Industry and the Qadan industry. It includes the oldest depictions of Nile Boats in lower Sudan. And all of this is because during this period leading up to the predynastic, most of the population centers on the Nile in the North East were in this area between Lower Sudan and Upper Egypt. This is also where you see sites like Nabta Playa and the Khartoum Mesolithic and the oldest evidence of Nile Valley pottery. So all of that is the backdrop for the emergence of the iconography of the Qustul Incense burner. However, that area between the 2nd Cataract and Aswan became desertified in the predynastic to early dynastic and the populations there moved down the Nile into Upper Egypt or up the NIle into Sudan or elsewhere. And as a result what was left were a bunch of various distinct small populations not unified under any common political or ethnic banner leading up to the Dynastic era. That is why the A-Group is separated from the C-Group and there is no "B-Group" Nubian. There was no unified ethnic group called "Nubia" and there was no continuity between these groups because they didn't all speak the same language and they didn't have a writing system until the Meroitic script in the Roman era. Again, the people of Aswan and the Beja are not the same people and are not closely related to the people around the 5th Cataract who in turn are not closely related to the Noba or Nuba people.
A link into the population groups of the Sudan to look into are the speakers of the Nilotic Languages, Western Nilotic to be precise, the Luo. There are linguistic connections to the Luo language with that of ancient Egypt as well as Meroitic. Oral history also holds ground as them being the ones who settled at Tekedi(Napata) the grand court of Kush. As well as stories told of Menya (Menes/Mena/Narmer), a name that is still used by the Acholi Luo today. A link to the paper that breaks it down: www.slideshare.net/DavidOchieng2/re1-autosaved
@@denzelonyangod109 Actually, some Nubians groups such as the Beja/medjay did not speak a Nilotic language but spoke a afroasiatic, so the other poster is definitely right.
Kush, It was the Nilo Saharan, Menya, (Menes/Mena/Narmer) who came from Tekedi(Napata) Grand court of Kush that unified Upper with Lower Egypt. Aegyptah is an Ancient Egyptain word and is wat was used to coin the name Egypt by Menya himself. After the unification he made himself the first God King of Egypt that stretched into Kush at the time. However there were people already living along the length of the Nile valley at the time. It was the Persians who Menya defeated that resulted in the birth of Egypt.
Kush came 1st and Punt came before both of them.Follow the cattle trail.You can now ignore the white racist bias and the 'ten command movie' lie.Hatshepsut refer to Punt as GOD LAND.Common sense dictates this is where out gods came from a long time ago.Need i say more?
The last 3 minutes made some powerful points on how Egypt history is misunderstood as it relates to Nubia/Kush and the Levant. That mixed race Pharaoh definitely should be highlighted more. This lecture sheds so much light on how things were at those times. That said, I had already deduced most of this because it was clear that the Nubians played a massive role in the history of Egypt, for so so many reasons, that it baffles me how some people just deny or dismiss it.
What a time to be alive! I've watched so many videos now I gotta read the books .
Thank you for this, a very sound clarification of a very misrepresented history. The history of the world has been almost criminally distorted in order to maintain the lie of wt supemacy. So much work has to be done to undo this travesty.
I loved this presentation. With respect to the fortresses in Nubia, the sheer number and positioning of them suggests that they more likely originated as keeps for trade rather than outright defensive strongholds. Kerma had been a trade center for goods coming out of the West African bulge(Kayenga) through the Darfur passage and the northern road into Chad. These fortresses would have disrupted Kerma trade and Kerma's monopoly on the goods of "Sudanic Africa". The fortresses cut out an important rent seeking middle man in the trade channel between Kayenga/Chad and important markets in the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
This is so incredible please keep the content on ancient Nubia coming
Next lecture in the New Perspectives on Ancient Nubia series is today, starting soon here > th-cam.com/video/33HCUd71Fi4/w-d-xo.html
Thank You, Dr. Faraji & Archaeological Research Facility UC Berkeley : Dr. Faraji what a Phenomenal & Masterful lecture on the Kushite Kingdoms of Kerma..You have presented a unified whole from fragments that has been given as the whole & truth...Also thank you for acknowledging the African American Ancestors, who proceeded you in trying to tell the history of Both Kush & Egypt to deaf ears; what's the saying about standing on the shoulders of giants.. I was touched & moved by Jess Johnson acknowledgment of Native Ancestors who lands the university sits on & her loving acknowledgment of B.L. M. this was a 1st for me...Finally I'm so glad to now know about you Dr.Faraji , I now know we are in the 21century with your lecture & presentation..
“Bite or sting” - interesting - reminds me that Kerma had scorpion amulets.
Kerma is older that kemit ir chem. David steel of the Chicago oriental Institute found an incent burner that proves ta-seti is older than egypt.
Or does nehesi mean southerner?
Nice video, however, the entire Nile Valley was a Saharo Sahelian cultural complex as the populations of the Nile were always migratory. As such the population centers have shifted over time as various groups came and went in prehistory, especially in the last Saharan Wet Phase where populations moved into the center of what is now the Sahara desert. This is part of the reason why the various groups (A-Group, C-Group, Kush) are not really closely related as would be implied by the concept of "Nubia". They were not, much as the populations of Lower Sudan (the Beja, "Nubians" of Aswan) are not the same as the populations of Central and Upper Sudan (Nuba, Noba, etc). There has never been a monolithic cultural identity in Sudan.
Also, because of the shifting climate along the NIle, most of the main population centers and sites of cultural evolution on the NIle were farther South along the Nile between Lower Sudan and Upper Egypt. This includes all the mesolithic sites along the Nile Valley going back 20,000 years such as the Halfan Industry, the Sebilian Industry and the Qadan industry. It includes the oldest depictions of Nile Boats in lower Sudan. And all of this is because during this period leading up to the predynastic, most of the population centers on the Nile in the North East were in this area between Lower Sudan and Upper Egypt. This is also where you see sites like Nabta Playa and the Khartoum Mesolithic and the oldest evidence of Nile Valley pottery. So all of that is the backdrop for the emergence of the iconography of the Qustul Incense burner. However, that area between the 2nd Cataract and Aswan became desertified in the predynastic to early dynastic and the populations there moved down the Nile into Upper Egypt or up the NIle into Sudan or elsewhere. And as a result what was left were a bunch of various distinct small populations not unified under any common political or ethnic banner leading up to the Dynastic era. That is why the A-Group is separated from the C-Group and there is no "B-Group" Nubian. There was no unified ethnic group called "Nubia" and there was no continuity between these groups because they didn't all speak the same language and they didn't have a writing system until the Meroitic script in the Roman era. Again, the people of Aswan and the Beja are not the same people and are not closely related to the people around the 5th Cataract who in turn are not closely related to the Noba or Nuba people.
A link into the population groups of the Sudan to look into are the speakers of the Nilotic Languages, Western Nilotic to be precise, the Luo. There are linguistic connections to the Luo language with that of ancient Egypt as well as Meroitic.
Oral history also holds ground as them being the ones who settled at Tekedi(Napata) the grand court of Kush. As well as stories told of Menya (Menes/Mena/Narmer), a name that is still used by the Acholi Luo today.
A link to the paper that breaks it down:
www.slideshare.net/DavidOchieng2/re1-autosaved
@@denzelonyangod109 Actually, some Nubians groups such as the Beja/medjay did not speak a Nilotic language but spoke a afroasiatic, so the other poster is definitely right.
Ancient Kush or Ancient Egypt which one came first ? Question of the ages.
Kush, It was the Nilo Saharan, Menya, (Menes/Mena/Narmer) who came from Tekedi(Napata) Grand court of Kush that unified Upper with Lower Egypt. Aegyptah is an Ancient Egyptain word and is wat was used to coin the name Egypt by Menya himself. After the unification he made himself the first God King of Egypt that stretched into Kush at the time. However there were people already living along the length of the Nile valley at the time. It was the Persians who Menya defeated that resulted in the birth of Egypt.
Kush came 1st and Punt came before both of them.Follow the cattle trail.You can now ignore the white racist bias and the 'ten command movie' lie.Hatshepsut refer to Punt as GOD LAND.Common sense dictates this is where out gods came from a long time ago.Need i say more?