Christian Nubian kingdoms

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The Christian Nubian kingdoms were medieval African states in the Nubia region that adopted Christianity and developed distinctive religious, artistic, and political traditions between roughly the 6th and 15th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian state
historical polity
medieval African states
adoptedReligionFrom Byzantine Empire
Coptic Church of Alexandria
archaeologicalSite Faras Cathedral
Old Dongola
linked to: Dongola

Soba East
borderedBy Ayyubid Sultanate
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Fatimid Caliphate
Mamluk Sultanate
capitalOfAlodia Soba
capitalOfMakuria Dongola
capitalOfNobatia Faras
comprises Alodia
Makuria
Nobatia
continent Africa
culturalInfluenceFrom Byzantine art
Coptic art
declineFactors Islamic expansion
desertification
internal conflicts
engagedIn Baqt treaty with Muslim Egypt
followed Miaphysite Christianity
linked to: Miaphysitism
hadWritingSystem Old Nubian alphabet
knownFor church architecture
fortified cities
wall paintings
locatedIn Nubia
Upper Nile Valley
mainEconomicActivity agriculture
trade
partOf medieval Christian Africa
precededBy Kingdom of Kush
religion Christianity
succeededBy Islamic Nubian polities
timeEnd 15th century
timeStart 6th century
tradedWith Egypt
Red Sea ports
usedLanguage Coptic
Greek
Old Nubian
usedRite Coptic rite
linked to: Coptic Rite
usedScript Coptic script
Greek script

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Nubia hasCivilization Christian Nubian kingdoms
Old Nubian script usedBy Christian Nubian kingdoms
Faras regionHistoric Christian Nubian kingdoms
Old Nubian religiousContext Christianity in Nubia
linked to: Christian Nubian kingdoms
Kingdom of Makuria culture Christian Nubian culture
linked to: Christian Nubian kingdoms
Kingdom of Alodia partOf Christian Nubian kingdoms