Ancient Egpyt

Nubia is often regarded as the home of Africa's earliest black culture, tracing a history from around 3100 B.C. onwards. Nonetheless it is often overlooked in favour of its great northern rival, the Egyptian civilisation. This has occurred to such an extent that most archaeological findings were centred on the Egyptians. Following discoveries in the Nubian city of Kerma many originally thought it to have been an Egyptian colony . But plentiful evidence now suggests that instead it was a thriving Nubian city that had prolonged contact with the Egyptians. I shall be discussing to what extent Nubia itself was influenced by Egypt, whether it was an Egyptian colony, or whether it was a civilisation unique on it's own.

Nubia is widely believed to be the first example of a sub-Saharan and black African state, in an otherwise stateless society. The early Egyptian civilisation, on the other hand, whilst African, is often thought not to be a black civilisation due to its influences from abroad. Today, Nubia can be located in Southern Egypt and northern Sudan, with inhabitants of the region