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    as the Dodekaschoinos or Dodecaschoenus (Δωδεκάσχοινος, "Land of the Twelve Schoinoi"). In the Ptolemaic and Roman periods the Dodekaschoinos was often...
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    Cemetery excavations revealed that the civilization stretched from the Dodekaschoinos in the north to Delgo in the south. George A. Reisner coined the term...
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    Greeks and Romans. This territory was known in the Greco-Roman world as Dodekaschoinos. Kush's collapse in the fourth century AD was preceded by an invasion...
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    600 years, this territory would be known in the Greco-Roman world as Dodekaschoinos. It was later taken back under control by the fourth Kushite king, Yesebokheamani...
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  • Wayekiye family was a Nubian priestly family that was influential in the Dodekaschoinos between Upper Egypt and Nubia in the second and third centuries CE,...
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    the First Cataract of the Nile at Syene (Aswan), withdrawing from the Dodekaschoinos region. This southern frontier was largely peaceful for many centuries...
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    portion of the "Thirty-Mile Strip" were ceded to the Kushites. The Dodekaschoinos was established as a buffer zone, and Roman forces were pulled back...
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    northern twelve miles of this territory, subsequently known as the Dodekaschoinos ('twelve-mile land'). The conquest was publicly celebrated in the panegyric...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Napata Nobatia X-Group Locations Aniba Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Dodekaschoinos Dotawo Elephantine Jebel Barkal Kawa Lisht Musawwarat es-Sufra Philae...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Napata Nobatia X-Group Locations Aniba Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Dodekaschoinos Dotawo Elephantine Jebel Barkal Kawa Lisht Musawwarat es-Sufra Philae...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Napata Nobatia X-Group Locations Aniba Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Dodekaschoinos Dotawo Elephantine Jebel Barkal Kawa Lisht Musawwarat es-Sufra Philae...
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  • expand their realm along the Nile, particularly in the area known as Dodekaschoinos. In 197 or 196 BC, the Ptolemies launched a counter-offensive and retook...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    Locations Al-Meragh Amara Aniba Askut Ballana Bigeh Deir el-Bahari Debeira Dodekaschoinos Dongola Dotawo Elephantine El-Hobagi El-Kurru Fadrus Faras Hamadab Gala...
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    portion of the "Thirty-Mile Strip"] were ceded to the Kushites, the Dodekaschoinos was established as a buffer zone, and Roman forces were pulled back...
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    portion of the "Thirty-Mile Strip"] were ceded to the Kushites, the Dodekaschoinos was established as a buffer zone, and Roman forces were pulled back...
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