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Intercultural relations have revolved around the River Nile throughout recorded history: sharing the river's waters, Egyptians, Ethiopians, and Sudanese have developed rich dialogues of mutual cultural enrichment, as well as misconceptions and conflicts. This volume represents a rigorous scholarly attempt to trace these complex relations, exploring the multifaceted representations of the Nile, both in the region and in the West, from early medieval times to the present. Underlying the authors’ analysis is their recognition that the resurgent nationalism and sociopolitical revolutions of the present century have aggravated historical conflicts and often reinvented traditional images. Their hope is that reconstructing the continuum of the Nile's history, its changes, and its cultural reciprocity will enhance mutual understanding as the regional faces the acute water problems predicted for the future.

Nile River Valley --- Nile Valley --- Civilization. --- Nil, Vallée du --- Civilization --- Congresses --- History --- Ethnic relations --- Civilisation --- Congrès --- Histoire --- Relations interethniques --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.

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This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a “cad.” In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war.

Explorers --- Discoverers --- Navigators --- Voyagers --- Adventure and adventurers --- Heroes --- Discoveries in geography --- History --- Speke, John Hanning, --- Burton, Richard Francis, --- B., F., --- Baker, Frank, --- Burṭan, Ār. EF., --- Burton, R. F. --- Burton, Richard, --- Burton, Richard F. --- F. B., --- Hâjî Abdû al-Yazdi, --- Hâjî Abdû ĕl-Yezdî, --- Speke, J. H. --- Travel --- Nile River --- Nile River Valley --- Nile Valley --- Bahr en Nīl --- Nahr an Nīl --- Nīl River --- Nilus River --- Discovery and exploration. --- Burton, Richard Francis --- Burton, Richard

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Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists approach the issue from the perspective of natural sciences. The contributions in this volume bridge this gap by analyzing the river both as a natural and as a cultural phenomenon. Adopting an approach of cultural ecology, it addresses issues like ancient land use, administration and taxation, irrigation, and religious concepts.

Nile River Valley --- Egypt --- Nile Valley --- History --- African History. --- Ancient Egypt. --- Archaeology. --- Civilization --- Cultural Ecology. --- Cultural Landscape. --- Fluvial Dynamics. --- History. --- Human ecology --- Natural Landscape. --- Nature. --- Nile. --- Society. --- Socio-Economic History. --- Cultural History. --- Environmental History. --- HISTORY / General. --- Environmental history --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Cultural history --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Antiquities --- Egyptology --- Fluvial Dynamics --- Socio-Economic History --- Archaeology --- Nile --- Ancient Egypt --- Cultural Ecology --- Society --- Natural Landscape --- Cultural Landscape --- Nature --- Cultural History --- Environmental History --- African History --- Floodplain --- Karnak --- Levee