Flashcards: Nubia

Amanineteyerike (Amanneteyerike, Aman-nete-yerike, Irike-Amannote) was a Kushite King of Meroe.

The term Nubian describes an ethnic group that originated in modern-day Sudan and Egypt.

Dotawo (Old Nubian: Lower Dau or Daw) was a kingdom that might have existed in the Beja Region of Lower Nubia (Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt) in the Middle Ages.

Amanitore (c. 50 CE) was a Nubian Kandake (queen) of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, which also is referred to as Nubia in many ancient sources.

Shanakdakheto or Shanakdakhete (sha-nak-da-KHE-te) was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, when the polity was centered at Meroë.

Shorkaror (also transliterated Sherkarer, Sherakerer) was a king of Kush (circa AD 20 - 30).

Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 600 – c. 580 BCE).

Akhraten (also transliterated Akhratan) was a King of Kush (ca. 350 BCE-335 BCE).

Talakhamani was a Kushite King of Meroe during the second half of the 5th century BCE.

Aramatle-qo or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king.

Malonaqen was a Meroitic king who probably governed in the first half of the 6th century BC.

Alodia or Alwa was the southernmost of the three kingdoms of Christian Nubia; the other two were Nobatia and Makuria to the north.

The Kerma Culture was an early civilization that flourished from around 2500 BCE to about 1500 BCE in Nubia, in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan, centered at Kerma, Sudan.

Qasr Ibrim (Arabic: قصر ابريم‎‎) is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia, located in the modern country of Egypt.

Aktisanes is a Nubian king who is mentioned by the Greek historian Hecataeus of Abdera.

Amanikhabale (also transliterated Astabarqaman) was a King of Kush (circa 50 BCE-40 BCE).

Baskakeren was a king of Kush (about 400 BC).

Aryamani was a Nubian king.

Old Nubian is an ancient variety of Nubian, attested in writing from the 8th to the 15th century (the most recent known text was written in 1485).

The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam built across the Nile at Aswan, Egypt between 1898 and 1902.

Nobatia /noʊˈbeɪʃə/ or Nobadia (/noʊˈbeɪdiə/; Greek: Νοβαδἰα, Nobadia; Old Nubian: Ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ, Noubadia) was an ancient Christian period kingdom in Lower Nubia, and subsequently a region of the larger Nubian Kingdom of Makuria.

Meroë (/ˈmɛroʊeɪ/; also spelled Meroe; Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: مرواه Meruwah and مروى Meruwi; Ancient Greek: Μερόη, Meróē) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum.

Arakamani (also Arkamaniqo, Arkakamani or Ergamenes I) was a Nubian king of Meroë who ruled in the early third century BCE.

Arqamani (also Arkamani or Ergamenes II) was a Kushite King of Meroë dating from the late 3rd to early 2nd century BCE.

The Kingdom of Makuria (Old Nubian: Ⲙⲁⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲁ, Makouria; Arabic: مقرة‎‎, al-Muqurra) was a kingdom located in what is today Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt.

Harsiotef was a Kushite King of Meroe (about 404 – 369 BC).

Siaspiqa (Si'aspiqo) was a Kushite King of Meroe in 487–468 BC.

Nubia is a region along the Nile river located in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

Nasakhma (Nasakhmaqa) was a Kushite King of Meroe.

Malewiebamani was a Kushite King of Meroe.

Analmaye was a Kushite King of Meroe who ruled in the 6th century BC.

The Nubian Nile Party is a political party that emphasizes issues that pertain to the Nubian community.

Nobiin, or Mahas, is a Northern Nubian language of the Nilo-Saharan phylum.