Nobatia

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Nobatia was an early medieval Nubian kingdom in Lower Nubia that emerged after the decline of Meroë and later became part of the Christian Nubian state of Makuria.

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Nobatia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical state
medieval Nubian kingdom
absorbedBy Makuria
alternativeName Nobadia
Nubadia
linked to: Nobadia
archaeologicalSite Faras Cathedral
borderedBy Kingdom of Makuria
Kingdom of Meroë (to the south, earlier)
linked to: Kingdom of Meroë
capital Faras
continent Africa
culturalSphere Christian Nubian culture
emergedAfter Kingdom of Meroë
formedInCentury 5th century
hasEthnicGroup Nobatae
historicalStatus defunct state
incorporatedIntoMakuriaBy royal union
knownFor Christian wall paintings at Faras
knownFrom Byzantine sources
Coptic sources
archaeological evidence
languageUsed Coptic
linked to: Coptic language

Greek
Old Nubian
locatedIn Lower Nubia
Nubia
locatedOn Nile River
linked to: Nile
mergedPoliticallyWith Makuria
partOf Christian Nubia
linked to: Nubia

Christian Nubian kingdom of Makuria
linked to: Makuria
politicalCenter Faras
politicalSystem monarchy
predecessorState Kingdom of Meroë
regionCorrespondsTo northern Sudan
southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
religion Christianity
Coptic Christianity
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
religiousAffiliation Miaphysite Christianity
linked to: Miaphysitism
religiousCenter Faras
rulingEliteOrigin Nobatae
subregion Nile Valley
successorState Makuria
timePeriod Early Middle Ages

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