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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Label Occurrences
Nobatia canonical 6

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Statements (42)

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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Meroë → successor → Nobatia ⓘ
Makuria → neighbor → Nobatia ⓘ
Makuria → mergedWith → Nobatia ⓘ
Nobatae → associatedWith → Nobatia ⓘ
Alwa → southOf → Nobatia ⓘ