LC control no. | no2012063947 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Makuria (Ancient kingdom) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Makuria (Ancient kingdom) |
Variant(s) | Makouria (Ancient kingdom) Muqurra (Ancient kingdom) Dongola (Ancient kingdom) |
Beginning date | 03 |
Ending date | 1317 |
Associated country | Sudan Egypt |
Found in | Genesis of the Makurian culture in the light of archaeological sources, c2002: p. 14-15 (the subject of the study infers the area of Upper Nubia, between the 4th and 6th centuries A.D.; the rise of Makuria as a Kingdom probably succeeded the end of central authority at Meroe) Wikipedia, May 8, 2012 (Kingdom of Makuria: Old Nubian: Makouria; Arabic: al-Muqurra; also sometimes called the Kingdom of Dongola; was located in what is today Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt; believed to have formed in the 4th or 5th century; at some point merged with Nobatia to the north; some writers refer to it simply as Nubia, ignoring that southern Nubia was still under the independent kingdom of Alodia; effectively ended as a unified state in 1317) |
Geographic area code | f-sj--- f-ua--- |