7/30/2019 nubia-12081

1/12

Nubia

Done by: Nasim & Nour

Grade: 9

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

2/12

Geography of the Area

Nubia was locatedsouth of Elephantine,on the far south bythe sixth

cataract/waterfall,located north ofmodern Khartum.

It was the country

that bordered ancientEgypt on the south.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

3/12

Geography of the Area

Nubia extended fromdangola, in northernSudan, up the Nileriver to Aswan in

southern Egypt. Today the Nubians are

divided in three cities,Kom Omba insouthern Egypt, and

Wadi Halfa andkhashm el-Girba inSudan.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

4/12

Culture

The earliest culture in Nubia, was anomadic tribe which occupied Lower Nubiaas early as 25000 B.C.

This culture named Khormusan, dependedon hunting, fishing, and collecting orlearning techniques for survival. Thematerials remained of this culture are

primarily stone tools, flakes, and a hugeamount of rock paintings.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

5/12

Culture..

Later on Nubia started developing andcoming up with other new cultures suchas, Halfan and the Gemaian.

These new cultures made smalladvancements in technology, such asbetter stuffs or methods of stone toolproduction, and they would lighten and be

succeeded by similar bands with smalladvancements.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

6/12

Natural recourses

Nubia was an important neighbor to Egypt asearly as the 1st dynasty ( both AHA and Djerattacked villages in Nubia), Egypt could trade forivory, gold, ebony, ostrich feathers and eggs,

leopard skins, copper, amethyst, carnelian,feldspar, oils, gum resins, cattle, dogs and manywild animals.

Egypt was to invade Nubia many times to takeadvantage of its natural recourses In the end

middle kingdom, Egyptian fortresses lined theNile as mines and quarries were opened, andcaravan routes brought the rich bounty of Nubiato Egypt.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

7/12

Who were the people/ Where did

they come from

The Nubians were usually Arabs andmost of them spoke Arabic. Youcould find some Sudanese and

Ethiopians also.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

8/12

Religion

The Nubians are 100% SunniMuslims. Because Islam is the onlyreligion legally permitted in Nubia.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

9/12

The time span of the

kingdom/Empire Nubia was the oldest cultural community in Africa

known as the Land of Gold , to Egypt. In the 1st first period powerful central

government expanded into Nubia. Whoever madethe leadership of this kingdom always declined inthe rapid succession of rulers.

In the time of new kingdom, the kingdom of Kushhas been established to south Egypt.

Egypt falls into conflict rulers.

King Taharqa led his Egyptian/Nubian armiesagainst the invading Assyrians. In the rule of Cleopatra VII, Egypt was

overpowered by Rome.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

10/12

Legends/ Myths

Myth of Nubia: In the ongoing attempt to minimize the African involvement

in such regions, even the inhabitants of Nubia sometimesfall prey to the Mediterranean Race Myth. When this is notthe case, Nubia is minimized within the Nile valley as apurely Egyptian cultural invention. This has been the caseso much so that some researchers have come to call Nubia,"the other Nile Valley kingdom." Often the myth portraysEgyptians as "superior whites" ruling over the more"primitive Blacks" to the south. In reality however, whileNubia and Egypt did war with each other, there were moreyears of peace than battle. These conflicts were usually

territorial or economic and never racially motivated ascertain Egyptians and Nubians obviously shared similarphysical features. The victors were more often the largerkingdom of the Egyptians but sometimes the Nubians aswell.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

11/12

Who lives in this area today

Nubians today are not like before but some sayor claim that they are blood-related of ancestryof old Nubian Arabs, Balkan, and Moslems.

Nubia which now is also distributed between thenorthern Sudan and southern Egypt.

Also nowadays Nubian in the north ( The NileNubian) are halfaween which is 2nd cataract tothe northern Sudanese border with Egypt alongthe Nile.

The main population is detached in more than alocation. The new Nubia settlements by theNubian who remained near to their old town andvillages.

7/30/2019 nubia-12081

12/12

The End!