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
Nobadia
surface form: Nubadia
archaeologicalSite Faras Cathedral
borderedBy Kingdom of Makuria
Kingdom of Meroë
surface form: Kingdom of Meroë (to the south, earlier)
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 language
surface form: Coptic

Greek
Old Nubian
locatedIn Lower Nubia
Nubia
locatedOn Nile
surface form: Nile River
mergedPoliticallyWith Makuria
partOf Nubia
surface form: Christian Nubia

Makuria
surface form: Christian Nubian kingdom of Makuria
politicalCenter Faras
politicalSystem monarchy
predecessorState Kingdom of Meroë
regionCorrespondsTo Northern State, Sudan
surface form: northern Sudan

Upper Egypt
surface form: southern Egypt
religion Christianity
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Coptic Christianity
religiousAffiliation Miaphysitism
surface form: Miaphysite Christianity
religiousCenter Faras
rulingEliteOrigin Nobatae
subregion Nile Valley
successorState Makuria
timePeriod Early Middle Ages

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