Northern Africa 400: Emergence of Makuria
circa 400
c. 400
Emergence of Makuria
The collapse of the Kingdom of Kush in the 3rd and 4th centuries left a power vacuum in the upper Nile Valley that was eventually filled by the three Nubian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia. Although the northern kingdom of Nobatia was the oldest, having been established as early as Diocletian’s campaign of 298, it was the central kingdom of Makuria, formed c. 400, that would begin the takeover of the former Kushite heartland.
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