Abstract
The article examines two aspects of the integration of Nubia (with particular attention to Lower Nubia) into the statehood of ancient Egypt during early antiquity (up to the end of the 2nd millennium BC). During the First and Second Intermediate Periods, Nubia demonstrates the adoption of Egyptian traditions of royal power, incorporating its territory into a unifi ed political and ideological space shared with Egypt. In the New Kingdom period, a single, interdependent system of resource redistribution embraces both Egypt and Nubia. Both of these developments suggest that this interaction anticipated the level of supraregional integration achieved in the Near East during the 1st millennium BC under the so-called “world empires” or “imperial states”.
Keywords
Egypt, Nubia, royal power, ideology, economy, redistribution, integration, supraregional statehood.