Africa & Africans in Antiquity / Edition 1

by Edwin M. Yamauchi

Overview

Africa and Africans in Antiquity assesses recent historical research and archaeology under way in Egypt, North Africa, the Sudan, and the Horn of Africa. Whereas many European and American scholars of earlier generations believed that Egyptian contacts with Africa to the south were not culturally significant, research contained in this important collection rejects such notions. At the same time, the volume takes issue with Afrocentric scholars who argue that most Egyptians were 'black' and that blacks are the rightful heirs to Egypt's past grandeur. These ten thought-provoking essays demonstrate that this large region was an ethnic and cultural mosaic in antiquity, a place where Phoenicians, Berbers, Greeks, as well as Egyptians and Nubians interacted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780870135071
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	06/30/2001
Edition description:	Library Cloth
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1540L (what's this?)

About the Author

Edwin Maseo Yamauchi (born 1937, Hilo, Hawaii) is a Japanese American historian, Christian apologist, editor and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University.

Editorial Reviews

North American scholars of archaeology, geology, anthropology, linguistics, and other fields present ten essays addressing historical research and archaeology under way in Egypt, North Africa, the Sudan, and the Horn of Africa. Contributors attempt to show that Egyptian contacts with Africa to the south were culturally significant and that the region was an ethnic and cultural mosaic, among other themes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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