The Kingdom of Kush: An African Centre on the Periphery of the Bronze Age World System Export

@article{citeulike:4952957, abstract = {The Kingdom of Kush flourished in northern Sudan between 2000 and 1500 BCE. During this period, the capital Kerma emerged as a major economic and political centre in the Nile Valley. After a short review of the application of world system theory and centre-periphery perspectives in archaeology, the author proceeds to a presentation of the Bronze Age societies in northern Sudan and their wide-reaching trade relations. A central argument is that an incentive for the rise of the Kingdom of Kush was its intermediate position in long-distance trade between the north and the south. The article concludes with a discussion of Kush as a centre on the periphery of the so-called Bronze Age World System in Afro-Eurasia.}, author = {Hafsaas-Tsakos, Henriette}, citeulike-article-id = {4952957}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00293650902978590}, doi = {10.1080/00293650902978590}, journal = {Norwegian Archaeological Review}, keywords = {200906, age-du-bronze, soudan}, number = {1}, pages = {50--70}, posted-at = {2009-06-25 10:29:24}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {The Kingdom of Kush: An African Centre on the Periphery of the Bronze Age World System}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00293650902978590}, volume = {42}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4952957 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4952957 N2 - The Kingdom of Kush flourished in northern Sudan between 2000 and 1500 BCE. During this period, the capital Kerma emerged as a major economic and political centre in the Nile Valley. After a short review of the application of world system theory and centre-periphery perspectives in archaeology, the author proceeds to a presentation of the Bronze Age societies in northern Sudan and their wide-reaching trade relations. A central argument is that an incentive for the rise of the Kingdom of Kush was its intermediate position in long-distance trade between the north and the south. The article concludes with a discussion of Kush as a centre on the periphery of the so-called Bronze Age World System in Afro-Eurasia. IS - 1 JF - Norwegian Archaeological Review EP - 70 TI - The Kingdom of Kush: An African Centre on the Periphery of the Bronze Age World System PB - Routledge VL - 42 SP - 50 KW - 200906 KW - age-du-bronze KW - soudan AU - Hafsaas-Tsakos, Henriette PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00293650902978590 ER -