Theumlando wezemidlalo wasendulo ngokwesiko uqala futhi uphele endaweni yasendulo. Mhlawumbe lokhu kungenxa yobuningi bemithombo ekhona emidlalweni yamaGrikhi neyamaRoma. Ngemuva kwalombono omncane wokucabanga okungenamqondo ukuthi ezemidlalo zamaGrikhi zazingakaze zibonakale endaweni yabo yaseMedithera. Emkhakheni wezomlando wezemidlalo, izazi-mlando eziningana ze-Antiquity eminyakeni yamuva nje zenze igalelo eliningi okuhloswe ngalo ukulungisa ukungcola okwakukhona kwamaGrikhi namaRoma. (1)
Umncintiswano wezemidlalo odume kakhulu emhlabeni wasendulo onenkinga. Isiko lemibhalo nezinto ezisetshenziswayo zigcwele izinto ezibonisa ukwanda komzabalazo kanye nesisusa somzabalazo. Lolu cwaningo luzozama ukukhombisa ukuthi i-wrestling yayijatshulelwa kakhulu kwi-Nubia yasendulo, njengoba kufakazelwa amakhulukhulu eminyaka ngaphambi kwama-akhawunti kaHomer wokulwa. Ubufakazi basendulo bezithombe nokubhalwa kwemibhalo, kuhlanganiswe nezifundo ze-ethnographic, kuzosetshenziselwa ukucacisa ukuthandwa komzabalazo wabantu baseNubian.
Ubufakazi bomzabalazo eNubia yasendulo
I-Wrestling yayidume kakhulu kwabaseGibhithe lasendulo, uma kubhekwa ukuthi lo mdlalo uvela kaningi kangakanani kwezobuciko zaseGibhithe (2). Kunenqwaba yezigcawu zokulwa ezivela ethuneni loMbuso Omdala wasePtahhotep (2300 BC) kuze kube yisikhathi soMbuso Omusha (2000-1085 BC). Ezinye zezigcawu ezithakazelisa kakhulu zibonisa abantu bakwamanye amazwe belwa nabaseGibhithe. Ama-wrestlers aseNubian avela okungenani izikhathi ezinhlanu kubuciko baseGibhithe. Ulwazi lwethu mayelana ne-wrestling yasendulo yama-Nubian incike kulezi zithombe ezimbalwa zesithonjana sase-Egypt, nencazelo ephuzile ku-Heliodorus' Aithiopica.
Lesi sigaba sizohlaziya ubufakazi basendulo bese sizama ukuvuselela isiko lomzabalazo wasendulo waseNubian.
Umlando waseGibhithe uhlinzeka ngewebhu eqhubekayo yokusebenzisana kwezomnotho neNubia eyaqala eMbusweni Omdala futhi yahlala kwaze kwaba yilapho amaPheresiya enqoba iGibhithe ngo-525 BC (3) Ekuqaleni, imingcele yohwebo lwamaNubian yayihlanganisa ukusebenzisana kwezimpahla zangaphandle ngokusebenzisa abaxhumanisi babo ezandleni zabathengisi baseGibhithe. Ngokusobala ukuhweba kwakungashintshisani. Izimpahla zaseGibhithe eNubia azivamile kulo lonke elase-Old Kingdom. Kukhona nobufakazi bokuthi oFaro abaningi boMbuso Wakudala bathumele izinkambo zamasosha eNubia. Lokhu kuthunyelwa kwanda ngesikhathi se-First Intermediate Period (2250-2000 BC), njengoba kufakazelwa yizimpahla zaseGibhithe eNubia. Kwaze kwafika eMbusweni Ophakathi (2000-1780 BC) lapho kwaba khona umzamo ohlangene wokuvikela izithakazelo zezomnotho zaseGibhithe likaFaro eningizimu.