Was Ancient Egypt a Black Civilization?

Answer 1

True, Egypt is in Africa, but the people who lived there probably resembled other North African peoples who had tan skin and dark hair. The modern scientific consensus seems to be that Egyptians were a mixed race society because of their contact with so many different peoples.
Interestingly, once you get up to the Ptolemaic dynasty from 305 BC to 30 BC, the Egyptian ruling family wasn't even Egyptian any more, they were Greek. Cleopatra, for example, was of Greek
heritage and a descendant of Alexander the Great.
The ancient Nubians, who were black, may have controlled Egypt at certain points in history, but they were a separate and distinct empire from the ancient Egyptians.

Answer 2

Egypt was ruled by Nubians/Kushites (modern day Sudanese) from roughly 760 BCE - 653 BCE. This was the 25th Dynasty. The Nile Valley was pretty active with trade and governmental matters, and many peoples from other parts of Northern Africa and the Middle East moved into the area regularly. How "black" Ancient Egypt was is a matter of debate, and it's easy to selectively choose artifacts, writings, paintings, etc. to argue either side.

Answer 3

Kush, the Egyptian name for ancient Nubia, was the site of a highly advanced, ancient black African civilization that rivaled ancient Egypt in wealth, power and cultural development. The first capital of Kush lay at Kerma just south of the Third Cataract of the Nile. Here dwelt powerful and wealthy black kings who controlled the trade routes connecting central Africa with ancient Egypt. The Egyptians, who had few natural resources of their own, sought the precious, exotic products of central Africa to satisfy the demands of their luxury-loving populace. By about 1500 B.C., the Egyptians, feeling threatened by the Nubian kings, invaded Kush and conquered it. For the next four centuries, the Egyptians exploited Kush as a colony. Egypt's wealth in gold came from the desert mines of Kush. The Egyptian word for gold is nub, which is thought by some to be the origin of the name Nubia.

Centuries later the prophet Isaiah would refer to "Kush ... of whirring wings," likening it's army to a locust plague. Around 730 B.C., Kush's warrior hordes turned the tables on a weakened Egypt and conquered it. This event established the black Pharaohs of Kush. They ruled an Egyptian-Nubian empire that extended from the Mediterranean to the confluence of the Blue and White Niles for sixty years. Historians would count their reign as Egypt's 25th Dynasty.

The Kushite pharaohs promoted a renaissance in Egypt and incorporated Egyptian culture, art, and philosophy into their homeland. They built magnificent temples at Jebel Barkal and Meroë, filling them with statuary, cultic implements and religious papyri, which became the inspirational force for their culture for centuries to come. The pyramid, abandoned as the proper tomb type by Egyptian kings a thousand years earlier, was revived by the Kushites and used by their monarchs for a thousand years, which is why today there are many more pyramids in the Sudan than in Egypt.

By Timothy Kendall

BLACK KINGDOMS OF THE NILE EPISODE

Answer 4

Definitely. There were only some inter-racial cohabitation during the time of Alexander the Great when the Greek Civilization flourished and took control of Egypt (Cleopatra was of Greek origin). Otherwise, Egypt was prdominantly black.

Answer 5

No, but they were tanned since they lived in a hot climate land. There are theories that the ancient Egyptions were from the Mesopotamia Civilizations.

Answer 6

yes its in Africa all black simply because black is because of your feeturs not skin color that is why the can get a skeleton and tell you what color it was be cause of the nose an mouth cavity an the shape of the head thats why they blew the nose of the phinx lol and the Egyptian said they from up the Nile river an up the is south of AFRICA lol and they said the PIGMIES were they from the GODS and they were black you can take it for what you want for dam show they werent white . and the EGYPTIoN now arent egyption they are ARABS !!! LOOK UP THE FIRST DINESTY MENEZ ALL BLACK LOL

Answer 7

Depends on which dynasty. Early Egyptians were a race unto themselves. They later intermixed and when the Nubians conquered them, they became black.

Answer 8

Well Egypt is in Africa. But then again it is real close to Europe and Asia. I don't think you could call an Egytian caucasian. There probably as dark as Jesus really is.

Answer 9

yes, they are all correct , and for the records, CLEOPATRA was Macedonian.. Not Egyptian , as some might claim her to have been .A slightly similar Tan ish complexion similar to the other Egyptians at the time.

Answer 10

No, probably similar skin tones to people living there today. Plus, Egyptian artwork usually depicts people with olive complexions (i.e., found in the Middle Eastern/Mediterranean areas).