Features of rock art in the age of shepherds in North Africa About (5000-3500)B.c

Document Type : Brief summaries of Dissertations.

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1 institute of research and studies African and Nile Basin countries Aswan University

2 Cairo University

3 African studies and research and Nile Besen Institute - Aswan University

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The Shepherds era is the era of the first productive revolution, and it is the third era of rock art, that art that reflected the impact of climate change on population movements and the region’s reception of external migrations from (Northern the Mediterranean - southern Arabia - and West Africa) which resulted in the emergence of strains of Caucasian and Negro elements It melted on the land of North Africa, especially the central desert region, making up the pastoral dynasty, that dynasty that tried to overcome and control nature and provide its food source by practicing the craft of grazing animals. creativity during this era. The era of the shepherds was distinguished by the undisputed pinnacle of artistic creativity represented in the colorful rock drawings, which consisted of animal shapes and shepherds behind their livestock were executed in small sizes and in an exquisite natural way. It was a mirror that reflected the competence of each human group and its way of living, as armed conflicts appeared in this era, after the green spaces had shrunk and the water had dried up, and conflicts had arisen over pastures, The artist did not neglect to express women during the era of the shepherds and to emphasize the role she played in her participation in economic activity in all its aspects or her social role. The drawings also showed the shepherds' practice of religious rites and the rites of devotion to the forces of nature.

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