The Kingdom of Kush
An African Centre on the Periphery of the Bronze Age World System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6094745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos, Henriette Hafsaas (0000-0001-8273-4427, Carrier (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-70 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293650902978590 |
| OpenAlex | W2063455783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 44 |
The Kingdom of Kush flourished in northern Sudan between 2000 and 1500 BCE. During this period, the capital Kerma emerged as a major economic and political centre in the Nile Valley. After a short review of the application of world system theory and centre-periphery perspectives in archaeology, the author proceeds to a presentation of the Bronze Age societies in northern Sudan and their wide-reaching trade relations. A central argument is that an incentive for the rise of the Kingdom of Kush was its intermediate position in long-distance trade between the north and the south. The article concludes with a discussion of Kush as a centre on the periphery of the so-called Bronze Age World System in Afro-Eurasia
Ancient history · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis) · Bronze · Bronze Age · Capital (architecture) · Economics · Geography · Kingdom · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Geology · History · Language and cultural evolution · Law
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |