Source: Herodotus on Ancient Africa: There is no Sub-Saharan (Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages) 2020 A.D.
This source provides an in-depth analysis of how the term “sub-Saharan” Africa can be a modern term that is racist and contradicts ancient sources. This source also explains how Egypt was indeed a part of Africa and that “white” people technically didn’t exist in Egypt, but black peoples did. Ancient Egypt’s orientation (Upper Egypt was actually the southern region of the empire while Lower Egypt was actually the northern part of the empire) was directed toward the Nile and the south in general, not toward the “Middle East”.
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