The Black Pharaohs

Pyramids of the Nubians

Ancient Egypt and Race

What is the modern concept of race?

What did Ancient Egyptians think about race and skin color?

The Egyptian name for Egypt, kemat or black land, refers to what aspect of Egyptian life?

a. Egypt’s fertile landb. Egyptian’s skin colorc. Egyptian militaryd. Color of the major god Osiris

What is the literal translation of the ancient Egyptian word for Nubian?

a. Blackb. Southernc. Barbariand. Bronzed

What color is often associated with the land of Nubia?

a. Blackb. Bluec. Redd. Yellow

What sacred animals were depicted as white?

a. Crocodile, ibex (goat), elephantb. Lion, jackal, giraffec. Baboon, ox, hippopotamus

The Ancient Egyptian concept of race differs from the modern one, based on perceived physical differences

b/w groups, in which of the following ways?

a. Culture, not skin color, determined raceb. Egyptians had no concept of racec. Race was based on where a person was

born or came from

Modern Controversies:Were the Egyptians Black?

Eurocentrism & American Cultural War

VS.

Afrocentrism

Marcus Garvey Afrocentric Leader

“Every student of history… knows that the Negro once ruled the world, when white men were savages and barbarians living in caves…”

If the “black pharaohs” were given proper credit for their accomplishments, would this

help curb and/or eliminate racism today?