The Double Kingdom Under Taharqo: Studies in the History of Kush and Egypt, c. 690 – 664 BCThe establishment of Kushite rule over Egypt during the eighth and seventh centuries BC resulted in a state of extraordinary geographic dimensions and ecological diversity, stretching from the tropics of Sudanese Nubia over 3,000 km to the Mediterranean. In The Double Kingdom under Taharqo, Jeremy Pope uses the copious documentary and archaeological evidence from Taharqo’s reign to address a series of questions which have dogged study of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty: how was it possible for one king to control all of that territory? To what extent were the Kushite pharaohs’ strategies of governance influenced by the circumstances of their homeland versus the precedents of Egyptian and Libyan rule? And how did Kushite policies differ from those of their Saïte successors? "Bringing to bear an impressive mastery of the sources and refreshingly open to anthropological and comparative approaches, Jeremy Pope's study is welcome in providing a close and careful analysis of varied sources, both historical and archaeological." David N. Edwards (University of Leicester) "...a seminal work pioneering a new historical approach to the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty." László Török (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) |
Contents
Chapter One Introduction | 1 |
Chapter Two Meroë as a Problem of TwentyFifth Dynasty History | 5 |
Chapter Three The Invention of Tradition in the DongolaNapata Reach | 35 |
Lower Nubia the Batn elHagar and the AbriDelgo Reach | 153 |
Thebes and the Double Kingdom | 193 |
Aristocracy and Institution in Middle Egypt | 235 |
Saïte Rebellion Kushite Hegemony or Pax Napatana? | 257 |
Chapter Eight Conclusion | 275 |
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aethiopische Königsinschrift Amenirdis Amenirdis II Amun Amun-Re Anlamani appear Aspelta attested Ayad Carlsberg Glyptotek Æ.I.N. Cataract century BC cols coronation Divine Adoratrice Double Kingdom Dunham Egyptian el-Kurru evidence Excavations in Nubia Frag Gebel Barkal God's Wife Grimal Harsiese Harwa inscribed Jansen-Winkeln Karnak Kawa VI Khartoum Khartoum Khartoum SNM 2678 king Kingdom of Kush Kushite Kushite royal Leclant Libyan Louvre Lower Egypt Lower Nubia Macadam Meritefnut Meroë Meroe City Meroitic Merowe Museum 52 Middle Kingdom Montuemhat monuments Morkot Napata Nitocris nomen Nubia VIII-XVII Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Oxford Excavations Papyri Pi(ankh)y Pi(ankh)y's Pnubs political prenomen priest Psamtik Quatre stèles napatéennes reference region regnal Reisner s³ nh-Ššq Saïte Sanam Historical Inscription segmentary Semna Semna stela Shabaqo Shepenwepet Somtutefnakht statue stela Sudan Taharqo Temples of Kawa Theban Thebes Third Intermediate Period tomb toponym Török Twenty-Fifth Dynasty Upper Egypt Valbelle Vittmann Yoyotte