
1) Former country in Africa
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Nobatia ə or Nobadia (ə; Greek: Νοβαδἰα, Nobadia; Old Nubian: Ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ, Noubadia) was an ancient African Christian kingdom in Lower Nubia and subsequently a region of the larger Nubian Kingdom of Makuria. Its name is often given as al-Maris in Arabic histories. Nobatia was likely founded by the Nobatae i, who had been inv...
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(from the article `Sudan, history of the`) ...Sudan was once more brought into the orbit of the Mediterranean world by the arrival of Christian missionaries in the 6th century , the middle ...
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