Acknowledgements
Introduction
I. Kush and Its Neighbors
The Exploration of Nubia and the Red Sea
A Greek Account of the Geography of Nubia
The Gold Mines of Lower Nubia
A Description of Meroë
The History and Customs of the People of Kush
The Trogodytes: Nomads of the Nubian Desert
The Ostrich Eaters
II. Kush and Rome
First Contact between Rome and Kush: The Triumphal Inscription of Cornelius Gallus
Peace between Rome and Kush (20 B.C.E.)
Kush in the First Century C.E.: Nero’s Aithiopian Expedition
A Roman Soldier and his God in Namibia: The Mandulis Hymn of Paccius Maximus
Isis of Philae, Mistress of Nubia: The Graffito of Pasan, Son of Paese (April 10, 253 C.E.)
The Roman Withdrawal from Nubia (298 C.E.)
III. The Rise of Axum and the Decline of Kush
Red Sea Trade and the Emergence of the Kingdom of Axum
The Empire of Axum
Ezana and the Bega
Protection of Axumite Trade
The Axumite Gold Trade
The Introduction of Christianity to Axum
The Destruction of Meroë (ca. 360 C.E.)
IV. The End of Antiquity
The Struggle of Power in Lower Nubia: The Silko Inscription
Treaty between the Blemmyes, Nobatai, and Rome (ca. 453 C.E.)
The Christianization of Nubia
Contract for the Sale of a Nubian Slave Girl (Sixth Century C.E.)
Axum in the Sixth Century C.E.
Meeting with a King of Axum
Letter from the Governor of Egypt to the King of the United Kingdom of Makouria and Nobatia (759 C.E.)
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index