Soba
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Soba was the medieval capital city of the Nubian kingdom of Alodia, a major Christian state in what is now Sudan.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
former capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationsBy |
European archaeologists
ⓘ
Sudanese archaeologists ⓘ |
| associatedKingdom | Alodia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Alodia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Nubian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late medieval period ⓘ |
| dominantReligionHistorical | Christian ⓘ |
| economyTypeHistorical | regional trade center ⓘ |
| flourishedDuringCentury |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | kings of Alodia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
churches
ⓘ
domestic structures ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ palatial buildings ⓘ pottery ⓘ |
| heritageType | Sudanese archaeological heritage ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major Christian center in medieval Nubia
ⓘ
political center of Alodia ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Old Nubian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nubia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Sudan ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Blue Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
Christian Nubian art
ⓘ
medieval Nubian ceramics ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Republic of the Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearConfluenceOf |
Blue Nile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearModernSettlement | suburbs of Khartoum ⓘ |
| partOfHistoricalEntity | medieval Christian Nubian kingdoms ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | capital city ⓘ |
| region | medieval Nubia ⓘ |
| religionInMedievalPeriod | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBuildingsType |
cathedral
ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ |
| role | capital of the Kingdom of Alodia ⓘ |
| successorRegion | Islamic sultanates of Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| urbanType | medieval African city ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.