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    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...
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  • Sudan Nubians Nubian languages Anglo-Nubian goat, a British breed of domestic goat HMS Nubian, several ships of the British Royal Navy Les Nubians, a French...
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    Nubia (redirect from Nubian kingdoms)
    other, Nubians did not acculturate much to Egyptian culture. Notable exceptions include C-group Nubians during the 15th Dynasty, isolated Nubian communities...
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    Joanne, Les Nubians, Wisdom Life & Tom Browne), from the album Last Century Modern (1999) "On My Own" (Black Eyed Peas featuring Les Nubians and Mos Def)...
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  • Hill Nubians are a group of Nubian peoples who inhabit the northern Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state, Sudan. They speak the Hill Nubian languages...
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    average annual rainfall in the Nubian Desert is less than 5 inches (130 mm). The native inhabitants of the area are the Nubians. The River Nile goes through...
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    Egyptologists believe that the Nubian wig was adopted by Queen Nefertiti after witnessing the hairstyle being worn by Nubians in the Pharaoh's army. Though...
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    Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, composed of three emcees (Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar), and formerly three...
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  • The Nubian languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. Nubian languages were spoken throughout much of Sudan, but as a result of...
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    peace with Egypt. Nubians also lived and work in the lands of their neighbor. Some scholars believe there is even evidence that Nubians married and birthed...
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    monarchs in El Kurru. Other examples of rock cut architecture built by the Nubians include the temples of Beit Wali, Gerf Hussein, Temple of Derr, Temple...
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  • elements, but these do not apply to all Ugandan Nubians. In 2009, it was estimated that around 15,000 Nubians live in Uganda, with one of their main population...
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    Approximately 255 pyramids are known to have been constructed by the Nubians, more than double the number constructed in Ancient Egypt. Later Napatan...
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    their actual place or port of origin, they were often referred to as "Nubians" in the later nineteenth century. Among them were examples of the Egyptian...
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  • Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nubian after the people of Nubia. HMS Nubian (1909) was a Tribal-class destroyer. Her bows were blown...
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    The Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis or Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis), also known as Baringo giraffe or Ugandan giraffe, is the nominate...
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    The Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) is a desert-dwelling goat species (Genus Capra) found in mountainous areas of northern and northeast Africa, and the Middle...
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    In architecture, a Nubian vault is a type of curved surface forming a vaulted structure. The mudbrick structure was revived by Egyptian architect Hassan...
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  • The AfroNubians (also known as Tarig Abubakar & The Afro Nubians) was a world music band based in Toronto. They played newly composed and traditional pan-African-style...
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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Old Nubian (also called Middle Nubian or Old Nobiin) is an extinct Nubian language, attested in writing from the 8th...
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  • The Nubian Sandstone is a variety of sedimentary rock deposited on the Precambrian basement in the eastern Sahara, north-east Africa and Arabian Peninsula...
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    Makuria (category Articles containing Old Nubian-language text)
    existing between the Nubians and Byzantines. Probably in Umayyad times the treaty was expanded by regulating the safety of Nubians in Egypt and Muslims...
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    the Nubian kings to gain a foothold in the Near East, their successors Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal invaded, defeated, and drove out the Nubians, in the...
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    The Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) is an exposure of Precambrian crystalline rocks on the flanks of the Red Sea. The crystalline rocks are mostly Neoproterozoic...
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  • Nubian Skin is a London-based English lingerie and hosiery brand launched in 2014 by Ade Hassan, specializing in "nude" undergarments for women of colour...
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    Nubia and Nubians: The ‘Museumization’ of a Culture. Saarbrücken, Germania: Lambert Academic Publishing (305 pp.). An upper Aswan museum, the Nubian Museum...
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    The Nubian bustard (Neotis nuba) is a species of bird in the bustard family. This is a medium-large bustard found in the sparsely vegetated interface between...
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    The Nubian nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in salt marshes of Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea...
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  • The Nubians of Plutonia is an album recorded by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra c.1958 – 1959 and released c.1966 on his own Saturn label. Originally...
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    for sale. Nubian mummies studied in the 1990s revealed that Kush was a pioneer of early antibiotics. Tetracycline was being used by Nubians, based on...
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