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Kingdom of Makuria
Makuria (Old Nubian: , Dotawo; ; ) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Its capital was Dongola (Old Nubian: , Touggoul) in the fertile Dongola Reach, about halfway between the 3rd and 4th Nile cataract.
Nobatia
Nobatia or Nobadia (; Greek: Νοβαδία, Nobadia; Old Nubian: ⲙⲓⲅⲛ̅ Migin or ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ, Migitin Goul lit. "''of Nobadia's land''") was a late antique kingdom in Lower Nubia, modern day southern Egypt. Together with the two other Coptic-Nubian kingdoms, Makuria and Alodia, it succeeded the kingdom of Kush. After its establishment in around 400, Nobadia gradually expanded by defeating the Blemmyes in the north and incorporating the territory between the second and third Nile cataract in the south. In 543, it converted to Coptic Christianity. It would then be annexed by Makuria, under unknown cir
Old Dongola
human settlement
Second battle of Dongola
652 battle between the Rashidun Caliphate and Makuria
Kingdom of Dotawo
Dotawo was a Christian kingdom in Lower Nubia (northern Sudan and southern Egypt) in the Middle Ages. It is attested in Old Nubian documents from the 12th to the 15th centuries. It is one of the last attested Christian states to survive in the region.
Baqt
The Baqṭ () was a treaty between the Christian state of Makuria and the new Muslim rulers of Egypt in the 7th century. Lasting almost seven hundred years, it is by some measures the longest-lasting treaty in history. The name comes either from a Coptic language term for barter or a Greco-Roman term for pact.
First battle of Dongola
642 battle
Banu Kanz
An Arab Najdi emirate that existed between Egypt and Sudan between (943-1365)
Merkurios
King of Makuria
Rafael of Makuria
king of Makuria
Kyriakos of Makuria
monarch
Battle of Dongola
1276 battle between Mamluk Sultanate and Kingdom of Makuria in Nubia
Georgios II of Makuria
king of Makuria
Zacharias III of Makuria
Ruler of Makuria