The Contacts between Nile Valley Civilizations and Damaat Kingdom in the First Millennium B.C.

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1 • Lecturer, Institute of African Studies and Research, Cairo University(Egypt)

2 Teaching Assistant, Institute of African Studies and Research, Cairo University(Egypt)

Abstract


    The Red Sea basin was the crucible where most of the ancient civilizations were formed on both sides. It was also the way where the ancient world knew the first principles of commercial and intellectual contacts. As a result, great civilizations have developed on its shores, contributing positively in the development of humankind.
    The archaeological and textual evidence in Abyssinia confirms that, because of the southern Arabian existence in the region, a kingdom emerged in the first millennium BC (900/800 BC - 400/300 BC) was known in the texts as "Damaat". Despite the archaeological evidence and the cultural contents of this Kingdom reflect distinctly southern Arabian influences, but it was not far from the Nile Valley influences, which constituted a natural extension.
  The aim of this paper is to present the reasons that led to the emerged of Damaat kingdom in Abyssinia, then follow the evidence, which indicate the contacts between the Kingdom of Damaat and Nile Valley civilizations. Furthermore, determine some of Nile Valley influences in the Kingdom represented in some artistry models and statueS

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