From Conquered to Conqueror: The Organization of Nubia in the New Kingdom and the Kushite Administration of Egypt

Abstract

This chapter first presents the generally accepted view till the late 1970s that characterized the Egyptian expansion into and control of Nubia. In the late 1980s and early 1990s a number of major publications of material from the UNESCO campaign added considerable detail to that already known, but also offered some challenges to the conventional interpretation. The difficulties of navigating the Nile between the Fourth and Fifth Cataracts, presented a barrier across which the Egyptians might campaign, but would have found integration very difficult. The administration of Nubia changed, developed and expanded according to the Egyptian activities in Nubia. The Kushite system of rule reflected that of the preceding Libyan pharaohs. The main difference from the earlier Libyan period is the existence of other nesut -kings. The Kushites followed Libyan practice by making marriage alliances with the elite, probably throughout Egypt. Keywords:Egypt; Kushite kingdom; Libyan period; New Kingdom; Nubia

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