The Nile : : Histories, Cultures, Myths / / Haggai Erlich.
Intercultural relations have revolved around the River Nile throughout recorded history: sharing the river's waters, Egyptians, Ethiopians, and Sudanese have developed rich dialogues of mutual cultural enrichment, as well as misconceptions and conflicts. This volume represents a rigorous schola...
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Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Map of the Nile Basin
- 1 Introduction
- Part 1 Peoples and Identities in Medieval Times
- 2 The Spread of Islam and the Nubian Dam
- 3 Ethiopia’s Alleged Control of the Nile
- 4 Consolidation of Christianity Around the Source of the Blue Nile
- 5 Did Jewish Influence Reach Ethiopia via the Nile?
- 6 Arab Geographers, the Nile, and the History of Bilad al-Sudan
- Part 2 The Nile as Seen from a Distance
- 7 Up the River or Down the River? An Afrocentrist Dilemma
- 8 Renaissance Geographical Literature and the Nile
- 9 The Legend of the Blue Nile in Europe
- 10 The “Gondar Utopia”
- 11 The Nile as a Gateway for Missionary Activity in Abyssinia
- Part 3 Old Waters, Modern Identities
- 12 The Father of Rivers: The Nile in Ethiopian Literature
- 13 Brothers Along the Nile: Egyptian Concepts of Race and Ethnicity, 1895–1910
- 14 Egypt, Ethiopia, and “The Abyssinian Crisis,” 1935–1936
- 15 Geographers and Nationalism in Egypt: Huzayyin and the Unity of the Nile Valley, 1945–1948
- Part 4 Contemporary Voices
- 16 The Aswan High Dam and Revolutionary Symbolism in Egypt
- 17 The Nile in Egyptian-Sudanese Relations, 1956–1995
- 18 Removing the Nubians: The Halfawis at Khashm al-Girba
- 19 In Search of the Nile Waters, 1900–2000
- 20 Conclusion: Historical Legacies and Present Concerns
- Bibliography
- The Contributors
- Index
- About the Book