Kingdom of Nobadia

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The Kingdom of Nobadia was an early medieval Nubian Christian kingdom in Lower Nubia, centered along the Nile in what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Nobadia canonical 3
Nobadia Kingdom 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian kingdom
former monarchy
medieval Nubian kingdom
alternativeName Nobadia
Nobadia Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Nobadia
approximateEndTime 7th century
approximateStartTime 5th century
late antiquity
archaeologicalSite Faras
Qasr Ibrim
borderedBy Byzantine Egypt
Kingdom of Makuria
capital Faras
churchTradition Coptic Orthodox Church
continent Africa
conversionToChristianity 6th century
culturalInfluenceFrom Byzantine Empire
Coptic Egypt
linked to: Byzantine Egypt
economyBasedOn agriculture along the Nile
trade along the Nile
followedReligion Christianity
governmentType monarchy
hadTitle King of Nobadia
historicalEra Early Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
knownFor early Christianization of Nubia
wall paintings at Faras Cathedral
languageUsed Coptic
Greek
Old Nubian
locatedAlong Nile River
linked to: Nile
locatedIn Lower Nubia
locatedInPresentDay northern Sudan
southern Egypt
mergedInto Kingdom of Makuria
partOf Christian Nubia
linked to: Nubia
partOfRegion Nubia
politicalStructure kingdom ruled by a king
regionToday Aswan Governorate
Northern state of Sudan
regionType Lower Nubia
religiousAffiliation Miaphysite Christianity
linked to: Miaphysitism
religiousCenter Faras Cathedral
successorState United kingdom of Makuria-Nobadia
linked to: Kingdom of Makuria
usedScript Coptic script
Greek alphabet
Old Nubian script

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Referenced by (4)

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

Old Nubian script usedBy Kingdom of Nobadia
Faras regionHistoric Kingdom of Nobadia
Old Nubian region Kingdom of Nobadia
Kingdom of Nobadia alternativeName Nobadia Kingdom
linked to: Kingdom of Nobadia