الأهمية الاقتصادية للفيل في الحضارة المروية (350 ق. م-350 م)‎

Abstract EN

The Elephant played an important role in the economy of the Ancient Sudan The ivory was then one of the important items exports its .

In the Meroitic period the economic importance of this item increased as the trade in living elephants and ivory became one of the sources that led to the prosperity of the Kingdom which maintained commercial relations with contemporary Mediterrean countries.

Which made to the elephant a prominent status during the Meroitic Period notably in the region of the Musawwarat es Sufra where the natural environment helped in its presence and breeding and made the moroites to master the art of hunting this animal in different ways? Hence, this animal became an important economic cultural element in Meroitic civilization.

The statues and pictures of this animal which were engraved on the walls of Meroitic temples remained as a witness of this cultural element in the Meroitic civilization.