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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rahotep101: [QB] It's a gross distortion to portray other foreign occupations as disasters but the Nubian one as some sort of renaissance. It reflects an arbitrary, pan-African bias. The 25th dynasty was obviously foreign. Herodotus lists the 'Ethiopian' kings of Egypt separately from the native ones, but counts those with some Libyan links as natives. The Nubian ones never naturalized, and their continuance of burial in Nubia speaks volumes. There are various political reasons why the Theban theocratic elite sided with the Nubians but this doesn't make Nubians Egyptians. The only reason Nubian rule was somewhat more palatable to some Egyptians was because Nubians had been steeped in Egyptian culture over previous centuries when the reverse colonial situation was in place. It was Hobson's choice between enduring control by complete foreigners like the Assyrians or being dominated by former subjects like the Nubians who at least had certain religious and cultural links. Nubian imperialist claims that Egypt is part of the same nation are about as credible as Nazi claims that Eastern Europe was 'greater Germany'. It was expedient for the Saite kings, beginning from a position of weakness, to make an alliance with the Assyrians in order to reach a point where they were able to expel the southern invaders and unite Egypt. Assyrian influence was shrugged off at the first opportunity. A few Theban priests who preferred an alliance with Nubian invaders over the testoration of proper pharaonic rule can't be taken as a gage of Egyptian opinion in general. The restoration of Egyptian nationhood was dependent on the reimposition of a unified monarchy, not on Theban autonomy. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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