The Nile: Histories, Cultures, Myths

Haggai Erlich

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2000

The Nile

Histories, Cultures, Myths

Haggai Erlich

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781588269911

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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 scholarly attempt to trace these complex relations, exploring the multifaceted representations of the Nile, both in the region and in the West, from early medieval times to the present. Underlying the authors’ analysis is their recognition that the resurgent nationalism and sociopolitical revolutions of the present century have aggravated historical conflicts and often reinvented traditional images. Their hope is that reconstructing the continuum of the Nile's history, its changes, and its cultural reciprocity will enhance mutual understanding as the regional faces the acute water problems predicted for the future.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Map of the Nile Basin Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
1 Introduction Haggai Erlich and Israel Gershoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 Peoples and Identities in Medieval Times
2 The Spread of Islam and the Nubian Dam David Ayalon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 Ethiopia’s Alleged Control of the Nile Richard Pankhurst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4 Consolidation of Christianity Around the Source of the Blue Nile Paul Henze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
5 Did Jewish Influence Reach Ethiopia via the Nile? Steven Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
6 Arab Geographers, the Nile, and the History of Bilad al-Sudan Nehemia Levtzion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Part 2 The Nile as Seen from a Distance
7 Up the River or Down the River? An Afrocentrist Dilemma Yaacov Shavit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
8 Renaissance Geographical Literature and the Nile Benjamin Arbel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
9 The Legend of the Blue Nile in Europe Emery van Donze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
10 The “Gondar Utopia” Joachim Warmbold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
11 The Nile as a Gateway for Missionary Activity in Abyssinia Uoldelul Chelati Dirar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Part 3 Old Waters, Modern Identities
12 The Father of Rivers: The Nile in Ethiopian Literature Bairu Tafla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
13 Brothers Along the Nile: Egyptian Concepts of Race and Ethnicity, 1895–1910 Eve Troutt Powell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
14 Egypt, Ethiopia, and “The Abyssinian Crisis,” 1935–1936 Haggai Erlich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
15 Geographers and Nationalism in Egypt: Huzayyin and the Unity of the Nile Valley, 1945–1948 Israel Gershoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Part 4 Contemporary Voices
16 The Aswan High Dam and Revolutionary Symbolism in Egypt Yoram Meital Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
17 The Nile in Egyptian-Sudanese Relations, 1956–1995 Gabriel Warburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
18 Removing the Nubians: The Halfawis at Khashm al-Girba Ismail H. Abdalla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
19 In Search of the Nile Waters, 1900–2000 Robert O. Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
20 Conclusion: Historical Legacies and Present Concerns Haggai Erlich and Israel Gershoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 308

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Published: June 7, 2022
ISBN: 9781588269911