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6 days ago · Makuria ( Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακουρία, romanized : Makouria; Arabic: المقرة, romanized : al-Muqurra) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Its capital was Dongola (Old Nubian: Tungul) in the fertile Dongola Reach, and the kingdom is sometimes known by the name ...
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6 days ago · The Egyptian language or Ancient Egyptian (r n km.t) is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages that was spoken in ancient Egypt. It is known today from a large corpus of surviving texts, which were made accessible to the modern world following the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian scripts in the early 19th century.
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- Ancient Egyptians
- Upper? †, Lower? †, Coptic dialects †
- Afro-Asiatic, Egyptian
May 1, 2024 · The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, [1] mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. The languages extend through 17 nations in the northern half of Africa: from Algeria to ...
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- ca. 70 million for all branches listed below.
- Proposed language family
Apr 30, 2024 · Nubia was, in fact, the name of the region that stretched from southern Egypt to modern-day Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The northern area was called Lower Nubia and the southern region was, yes, Upper Nubia and both were called so thanks to the River Nile flowing from the highlands of Africa down toward the Mediterranean.
Apr 26, 2024 · Beyond the political sphere, Egyptian women enjoyed a range of social and economic freedoms. Women in ancient Egypt could own property, conduct business, and legally represent themselves in court. They could work in various professions, from weaving and perfume making to higher positions such as priestesses and even viziers.
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2 days ago · The Egyptian women’s movement is the oldest women’s movement in the Arab world. It first emerged in the last quarter of the 19th century and evolved in tandem with a century and a quarter of ...
Apr 22, 2024 · The factsheet offers insights on women’s political empowerment in Egypt, one of UN Women’s main thematic areas of work in Egypt, and put them in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. Providing a snapshot on the situation of women and girls in relation to political participation and decision making, the factsheet looks at the available data to populate the ...
