Nubia
Sign in to saveNubia ( ; 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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- 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 ( ; 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.
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.