Nobadia
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| Ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲇⲓⲁ | ||||||||||
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 Nobatia and the other Christian Nubian kingdoms.
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| Capital | Pachoras | |||||||||
| Languages | Nubian | |||||||||
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| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
| Historical era | Early Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Established | c. 400 | ||||||||
| • | Integrated into Makuria | 7th century | ||||||||
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Nobatia /noʊˈbeɪʃə/ or Nobadia (/noʊˈbeɪdiə/; Greek: Νοβαδἰα, Nobadia; Old Nubian: ⲙⲓⲅⲓⲧⲛ︦ ⲅⲟⲩⲗ, Migin Goul) was an ancient Christian period 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 /ˈnɒbəti/, who had been invited into the region from the Western Desert by the Roman Emperor Diocletian to help defeat the Blemmyes in AD 297. Early Nobatia is quite likely the same civilization that is known to archeologists as the Ballana culture. Eventually the Nobatae were successful, and an inscription by Silko, "Basiliskos" of the Nobatae, claims to have driven the Blemmyes into the Eastern Desert. Around this time the Nobatian capital was established at Pakhoras (modern Faras); soon after, Nobatia converted to non-Chalcedonian Christianity.
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