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Makuria (Ancient kingdom)

LC control no.no2012063947
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Geographic headingMakuria (Ancient kingdom)
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Geographic subdivision usageMakuria (Ancient kingdom)
Variant(s)Makouria (Ancient kingdom)
Muqurra (Ancient kingdom)
Dongola (Ancient kingdom)
Beginning date03
Ending date1317
Associated countrySudan Egypt
Found inGenesis 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)
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