From Slave to Pharaoh : The Black Experience of Ancient Egypt, Paperback by Redford, Donald B., ISBN 0801885442, ISBN-13 9780801885440, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Redford (classics and ancient Mediterranean studies, Pennsylvania State U.) offers a general overview of the Nubian and Kushite experience of the expansionist power of Egypt and its culture up to 671 . Coverage includes an historical examination of how the dark-skinned Nubians and Sudanese blacks were perceived and treated by the Egyptians; the separation of the Nile Valley communities based on spatial and spiritual boundaries; reasons why imperial Egypt exerted influence well beyond its boundary; how the Nubians and Sudanese reacted to the resulting loss of self-determination; the subsequent imposition of more regularized, imperial structures; and the long, checkered history of the relationship between the communities. This is a paperbound reprint of a 2004 book. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()