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Kingdom of Dongola / Makuria
AD 543 - 1314
The Kingdom
of Dongola is by far the best known of the Nubian states, but it still
contains gaps. It was located in modern Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. It was
one of a group of Nubian kingdoms that emerged in the centuries after the
fall of the Kushite Kingdom which had dominated the region from
785 BC to AD 350.
Makuria originally
covered the area along the Nile River from the Third Cataract to somewhere
between the Fifth and Sixth Cataracts. It also had control over the trade
routes, mines, and oases to the east and west. Its capital was Dongola (or
Dunqulah), by which name the kingdom seems to be better known.
Note that dates are quite uncertain for most Makurian rulers. |