The A-Group and 4th Millennium BCE Nubia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23609847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Carmela Gatto (0000-0002-8068-5390, University of Leicester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 124-142 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190496272.013.8 |
| OpenAlex | W3118484752 |
| ISBN | 9780190496272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
This chapter discusses the 4th millennium bce in Nubia, which was characterized by a further advance in the process of socio-economic complexity already underway during the previous Neolithic phase, undoubtedly enhanced by interaction with Predynastic Egypt. This ultimately produced the emergence of the A-Group, an indigenous complex polity that appeared at the end of the millennium and reached its climax about the time of the Egyptian unification, ca. 3100 bce. The A-Group was characterized by a fluid economic pattern that included more than one subsistence activity, with herding retaining a distinctive social value within the society; and by organizational differences resulting from mobile and flexible politics, which gave rise to a regional polity based on trade and control over its logistics, social networking and alliance building, and a distinct form of distributed authority.
Alliance · Ancient history · Archaeology · Economics · Economy · Geography · Herding · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Polity · Subsistence agriculture · Unification · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Ecology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |