Why was Ancient Nubia less controlling than Ancient Egypt?

10/07/2023 8 min
Why was Ancient Nubia less controlling than Ancient Egypt?

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Episode Synopsis

Ancient Nubia presents a puzzle, suggests David Wengrow.

“How [did] its population manage to prevent the emergence of domination in their own midst, despite the existence of Egyptian models of governance on their doorstep and the effects of recurring Egyptian predation on their people and resources[?]”.

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