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Meroe

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: N.B. Millet
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified May 10, 2024 10:21 PM — History
Meroë is an ancient city located on the east bank of the Nile river near Shendi, Sudan. The city was a center of the kingdom of Kush.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/805630

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    • Meroe (Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
    • Meroë (Meroe: English, modern)
    • Μερόη (Meroe: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
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settlement

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 82 D5 Meroe

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bagrawiya


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N.B. Millet, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Meroe: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/805630> [accessed: 21 November 2024] 

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