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Aspelta's name being erased in some places also suggests that he faced some unknown internal political controversy. [62] Nu. 8 [63] Phase II: Little information is recorded from Kush during the reigns of the kings immediately following Aspelta. [20] The chronology is approximate and not much is known other than names and places of burial. [64 ...
Ancient Egyptians referred to Nubia as several different names. The aforementioned Nubia is derived from the Egyptian word from nub, the Egyptian word for "gold."It is believed that the Nubians were the first people along the Nile to mine for gold, later introducing the mineral to Egyptians and earning their name.
The origin of the names Nubia and Nubian are contested. Based on cultural traits, some scholars believe Nubia is derived from the Ancient Egyptian : nbw "gold", [ 22 ] although there is no such usage of the term as an ethnonym or toponym that can be found in known Egyptian texts; the Egyptians referred to people from this area as the nḥsj.w .
name comments/notes date of reign Qalidurut: Signed the Baqt: c. 651/2 Zacharias: Rebuilt Cathedral of Dongola 651 or 653-696 Merkourios: 696–710 Zacharias I: self abdicated the throne Simeon: Abraham: Markos: Kyriakos: c. 747–68 Khael or Mikhael: c. 785/94 – 804/13 Ioannes: Before 822? or c. 850? Zakharias III: son of Ioannes c. 835 ...
Makuria (Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακουρία, romanized: Makouria; Arabic: المقرة, romanized: al-Muqurra) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
Nubia (/ ˈ nj uː b i ə /, Nobiin: Nobīn, [2] Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized: an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
The Kingdom of Kush (/ k ʊ ʃ, k ʌ ʃ /; Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; Coptic: ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; Hebrew: כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
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