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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NubiaNubia - Wikipedia

    May 22, 2024 · Historically, the people of Nubia spoke at least two varieties of Nubian languages, a subfamily that includes Nobiin (the descendant of Old Nubian), Dongolawi, Midob and several related varieties in the northern part of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.

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      The Nubian languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized:...

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      The six cataracts of the Nile. The Cataracts of the Nile are...

  2. May 22, 2024 · The Kingdom of Kush ( / kʊʃ, kʌʃ /; Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙 𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; Coptic: ⲉϭⲱϣEcōš; Hebrew: כּוּשׁKūš ), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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  4. May 9, 2024 · The contemporary Nubians are the indigenous peoples of the central Nile Valley who live along the narrow patches of fertile land that snakes through the desert and forms a gigantic letter "S" in northern Sudan and the southern tip of Egypt .

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AlbaniansAlbanians - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The Albanians (/ æ l ˈ b eɪ n i ə n z, ɔː l-/ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ənz; Albanian: Shqiptarët, pronounced [ʃcipˈtaɾət]) are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language.

  6. According to his research, in the Meroitic-period, qes (pronounced "kush") was used as a name for the kingdom, whereas nob/nobt (pronounced "nuba/nubata") meant "slave" and was sometimes use derogatorily for the Western Sudanese, proto-Nubian-speaking tribes that occasionally fought Kush and eventually rose to political ascendancy.

  7. May 14, 2024 · The Nubians are an ethnic group indigenous to the region which is now Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. They are a mix of sub-Saharan African- and West Eurasian-related ancestry, with their genetic profile reflecting a mixture of West Eurasian and Sub Saharan Dinka-related ancestries.

  8. May 4, 2024 · Known as the Great Bend of the Nile, it marks the southern boundary of Nubia, a region that stretches from Sudan into southern Egypt and has been home to the Nubian people for millennia.

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