Nubians


 Egypt ~99,000 1960s census 300,000–5 million Estimates vary

Nubians Nobiin: Nobī are an ethno-linguistic corporation of people who are indigenous to the region which is now northern Sudan in addition to southern Egypt. They originate from the early inhabitants of the central Nile valley, believed to be one of the earliest cradles of civilization. They speak Nubian languages, factor of the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages.

Early Neolithic settlements develope been found in the central Nubian region dating back to 7000 BC, with Wadi Halfa believed to be the oldest settlement in the central Nile valley. Parts of Nubia, especially Lower Nubia, were at times a factor of ancient Pharaonic Egypt in addition to at other times a rival state representing parts of Meroë or the Kingdom of Kush. By the Twenty-fifth Dynasty 744 BC–656 BC, any of Egypt was united with Nubia, extending down to what is now Khartoum. However, In 656 BC the native Twenty-sixth Dynasty regained advice of Egypt. As warriors, the ancient Nubians were famous for their skill and precision with the bow and arrow. In the Middle Ages, the Nubians converted to Christianity and setting three kingdoms: Nobatia in the north, Makuria in the center, and Alodia in the south. They then converted to Islam during the Islamization of the Sudan region.

Today, Nubians in Egypt primarily represent in southern Egypt, particularly in Kom Ombo and Nasr al-nuba north of Aswan, and large cities such(a) as Cairo, while Sudanese Nubians cost in northern Sudan, particularly in the region between the city of Wadi Halfa on the Egypt–Sudan border and al Dabbah. Some Nubians migrated to Khashm el Girba and New Halfa. Additionally, a corporation so-called as the Ja'alin.

Modern Nubians


The descendants of the ancient Nubians still inhabit the general area of what was ancient Nubia. They currently live in what is called Old Nubia, mainly located in contemporary Egypt and Sudan. Nubians form been resettled in large numbers an estimated 50,000 people away from Wadi Halfa North Sudan in to Khashm el Girba - Sudan and some moved to Southern Egypt since the 1960s, when the Aswan High Dam was built on the Nile, flooding ancestral lands. near Nubians nowadays work in Egyptian and Sudanese cities. Whereas Arabic was once only learned by Nubian men who travelled for work, it is increasingly being learned by Nubian women who have access to school, radio and television. Nubian women are workings external the domestic in increasing numbers.

During the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt employed Nubian people as codetalkers.