Nubia

Nubia ( ; Nobiin: Nⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲃⲁ; ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (near Khartoum in central Sudan) and the First Cataract (south of Aswan in southern Egypt). It was the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa, the Kerma culture, which lasted from around 2500 BC until its conquest by the New Kingdom of Egypt under Pharaoh Thutmose I around 1500 BC. Egyptian heirs subsequently ruled much of Nubia for the next four centuries.

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Nubia is a region along the Nile River in Sudan and Egypt that was home to the Kerma culture, one of Africa's earliest civilizations around 2500 BC, before being conquered and ruled by ancient Egypt starting around 1500 BC. It matters because it represents an important early center of African civilization and played a significant role in the ancient world's political and cultural history.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Nubia is referenced by 1,415 other articles, and connects out to Nile, languages of Europe and Egypt.

It is catalogued under topics including 5th-millennium BC establishments, Ancient Greek geography of East Africa and Ancient peoples.

Its subject is documented across 80 Wikipedia language editions.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Linguistics
Geography
History
Prehistory (before 6000–3500 BC)
Pre-Kerma; A-Group (3500-3000 BC)
Upper Nubia
Lower Nubia
Egypt in Nubia
Early Kerma (3000–2400 BC)
Early Kerma; C-Group (2400–1550 BC)
Upper Nubia
Lower Nubia
Egypt in Nubia
Kerma; Egyptian Empire (1550–1100 BC)
Upper Nubia
Lower Nubia
Egypt in Nubia
Napatan Empire (750–542 BC)
Nubia in Egypt
Meroitic (542 BC–400 AD)
Achaemenid period
Ptolemaic period
Roman period
Christian Nubia
Islamic Nubia
21st-century archaeology
Contemporary issues
Ancient DNA
Nubian Images
See also
Notes
Further reading
Notes
External links

Nubia was home to several empires, most prominently the Kingdom of Kush. This kingdom conquered Egypt in the eighth century BC under Piye, ruling as its 25th Dynasty. From the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD, northern Nubia was invaded and annexed by Egypt, then under the rule of the Greeks and later the Romans; this territory was known in the Greco-Roman world as the Dodekaschoinos.

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