Dongola

settlement · 300 AD – 2100 AD

The late antique capital of the Nubian state of Makuria, Dongola remained an important center of trade through the medieval period.

Coordinates

18.22669, 30.74349

Also known as

Alt-Dongola (deu), Dungula (ara), Dungulā il-gadīma (ara), Dunqulah (ara), Dunqulah al Qadīmah (ar), Dunqulā al-qadīma (ara), Dunqulā al-ʿAjūz (ar), Dunḳula (ota), Tungul, دنقلا العجوز‎ (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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