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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Narmerthoth: [QB] ^ Mike This caption seems unreasonable to me. Why would the King's retainers be playing instruments when they would clearly be the kingdom's managers and elites. The small guy on the left of the king appears more as you would expect from a retainer and leader reporting to the king. Also, to the right of the king, just in front of the horse you can see two others who appear to be the King's retainers. Those playing instruments are probably just that, the court musicians. As I posted, Africa has a very long history where great civilizations existed, died, and were either replaced by other great civilizations or reverted back to low forms of small tribes. Although there is no trace of it today, following the patterns of other civilizations, I don't doubt in Africa's long history there have been great rulers who did have a dream of conquering the thousands of small tribes and unifying a good part, if not all of Africa. We know that the Meroitic culture possessed an efficient government system, many skilled workers, and architectures that mirrored those of AE. Meroe had a writing system and very likely used it to record it's daily activity as well as it's history. Unfortunately, not much of it survives. [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGYSyooqfFY_7Zt-L-gu90RUdZEKgasYhpxOa5PaoVk-c96tW0[/IMG] [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSsdwm5hPTkmQHsoDngIqLEGwouzWvo0knf-Ivxz4XJWbdCKHfS5g[/IMG] [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOYwt_dNMOrr-5YpzPkGL8zuHiWpPb--cvncXvcLAfOYZ8IoAlbg[/IMG] [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRda0aQTjcNbXr4xXjL1KiPd7HD9oqIr35dAOMXEZM9wDeEzSJ99g[/IMG] [IMG]https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEzR9Gfb5eIWgdSD8OgKIG3Hm2rj0SEATIs8Hk0hvrIcA17RguIQ[/IMG] [i]The city of Meroe occupied over one square mile of fertile ground and, at its height, was a great center of iron smelting, agriculture, and trade. Van De Mieroop writes, "The Ptolemies [of Egypt] and Romans wanted African goods such as hardwoods, ivory, other exotica, and animals including elephants. Those animals had become important in warfare" (340). One of the earliest documented cases of political cooperation between the Kingdom of Meroe and the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, in fact, concerns Meroe supplying Egypt with elephants for war. [b]The iron industry of Meroe made the city as famous as its wealth and, of course, contributed greatly to that wealth as the iron workers of Meroe were considered the best, and iron tools and weapons were much sought after.[/b] [/i] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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