Upper Nubia

E586982

geographical region historical region

Upper Nubia is the southern stretch of the Nile Valley, primarily in modern Sudan, historically known as a key corridor of ancient African civilizations and trade between central Africa and Egypt.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Meroitic frontier	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Lower Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Sudanese plains ⓘ
contains	Fifth Cataract of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Cataract of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ Meroë NERFINISHED ⓘ Napata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sixth Cataract of the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultureRegionOf	Nubian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	ancient gold mining ⓘ long-distance caravan trade ⓘ
hasEnvironment	desert margins ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	center of ancient African civilizations ⓘ link between sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean world ⓘ
hasRiverFeature	narrow Nile floodplain ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Kingdom of Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ Meroitic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Napatan period NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyInfluenced	regions further south in Africa ⓘ
historicallyInfluencedBy	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs	southern stretch of the Nile Valley ⓘ
historicallyServedAs	trade corridor between central Africa and Egypt ⓘ
knownFor	ancient trade routes ⓘ archaeological sites of Kushite kingdoms ⓘ monumental pyramids at Meroë ⓘ
languageRegionOf	historical Nubian languages ⓘ
laterReligionRegionOf	Christian Nubian kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Sudanese polities ⓘ
locatedAlong	Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn	modern Sudan ⓘ
partOf	Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionRegionOf	ancient Kushite religion ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	1st millennium BCE ⓘ early 1st millennium CE ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Dongola → region → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Kerma archaeological site → region → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Kingdom of Kerma → locatedIn → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Soleb → associatedWithRegion → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Mahas → historicalRegion → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Meroitic art → developedIn → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Queen Amanishakheto → areaOfInfluence → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Kushite royal family → ruled → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Nubian campaign of Ramesses II → location → Upper Nubia ⓘ

Augustan wars → hasLocation → Upper Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meroitic frontier

Egyptian–Nubian relations → keyRegion → Upper Nubia ⓘ

pyramids of Nuri → region → Upper Nubia ⓘ

subject surface form: Pyramids of Nuri

Nuri → region → Upper Nubia ⓘ