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For centuries, Egyptian civilization has been at the origin of the
story we tell about Western society and culture. But Charles
Bonnet's landmark archaeological excavations have unearthed
extraordinary sites in present-day Sudan and Egypt that challenge
this notion and compel us to look to the interior of black Africa
and to the Nubian Kingdom of Kush, where a highly civilized state
existed from 2500 to 1500 BCE. For the past fifty years, Charles
Bonnet has been excavating sites in present-day Sudan and Egypt
that point to the existence of a sophisticated ancient black
African civilization thriving alongside the Egyptians. In The Black
Kingdom of the Nile, he gathers the results of these excavations to
reveal the distinctively indigenous culture of the black Nubian
city of Kerma, the capital of the Kingdom of Kush. This powerful
and complex political state organized trade to the Mediterranean
basin and built up a military strong enough to resist Egyptian
forces. Further explorations at Dukki Gel, north of Kerma, reveal a
major Nubian fortified city of the mid-second millennium BCE
featuring complex round and oval structures. Bonnet also found
evidence of the revival of another powerful black Nubian society,
seven centuries after Egypt conquered Kush around 1500 BCE, when he
unearthed seven life-size granite statues of Black Pharaohs (ca.
744-656 BCE). Bonnet's discoveries have shaken our understanding of
the origins and sophistication of early civilization in the heart
of black Africa. Until Bonnet began his work, no one knew the
extent and power of the Nubian state or the existence of the Black
Pharaohs who presided successfully over their lands. The political,
military, and commercial achievements revealed in these Nubian
sites challenge our long-held belief that the Egyptians were far
more advanced than their southern neighbors and that black kingdoms
were effectively vassal states. Charles Bonnet's discovery of this
lost black kingdom forces us to rewrite the early history of the
African continent.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of
Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical
understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking.
Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel
Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade.
The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and
Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a
debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
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++++British LibraryT102028London: printed for John Stockdale; and
Charles Dilly, 1791. xx,298p., plate: port.; 8
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Herrn Karl Bonnets ... Werke Der Naturlichen Geschichte Und
Phiosophie: Aus Dem Franzosischen Der Neuesten Ausgabe Seiner Werke
ubersetzt, Volume 1 Charles Bonnet Junius, 1783
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