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UNESCO Ancient Civilizations of Africa (Editor G. Mokhtar)

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Contents<br />

List <strong>of</strong> figures ix<br />

List <strong>of</strong> plates<br />

xi<br />

Acknowledgements for plates<br />

Note on chronology<br />

Introduction<br />

i<br />

xvii<br />

G. MOKHTAR with the collaboration <strong>of</strong> J. Vercoutter<br />

xv<br />

i Origin <strong>of</strong> the ancient Egyptians 27<br />

CHEIKH ANTA DIOP<br />

Annex to Chapter 1: Report <strong>of</strong> the symposium on 'The Peopling <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Ancient</strong> Egypt and the Deciphering <strong>of</strong> the Meroitic Script' 58<br />

2 Pharaonic Egypt 84<br />

A. ABU BAKR<br />

3 Pharaonic Egypt: society, economy and culture 112<br />

J. YOYOTTE<br />

4 Egypt's relations with the rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> 136<br />

A. H. ZAYED with the collaboration <strong>of</strong> J. Dévisse<br />

5 The legacy <strong>of</strong> Pharaonic Egypt 155<br />

R. EL-NADOURY with the collaboration <strong>of</strong> J. Vercoutter<br />

6 Egypt in the hellenistic era 184<br />

H. RIAD with the collaboration <strong>of</strong> J. Dévisse<br />

7 Egypt under Roman domination 208<br />

S. DONADONI<br />

8 The importance <strong>of</strong> Nubia: a link between Central <strong>Africa</strong> and the<br />

Mediterranean 226<br />

S. A D A M with the collaboration <strong>of</strong> J. Vercoutter<br />

9 Nubia before Napata ( — 3100 to — 750) 245<br />

N. M. SHERIF<br />

v

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