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.
Meroe
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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.
Hdt. (Godley: Perseus) 2.29
DARMC 21407
New Pauly Meroe
BAtlas 82 D5 Meroe
GeoNames 443831: Sun Temple
ToposText Meroe (Ethiopia)
GeoNames 11126072: Temple of Amun
GeoNames 370131: Meroe
RE Meroe
Paus. (Spiro: Perseus) 1.33.4
TM GEO ID 3460: Meroe (Begrawiya)
WHL 1336: Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
Wikipedia (English) Meroe
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 82 D5 Meroe
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Meroe
Bagrawiya
UWHS
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dare:feature=major settlement
dare:ancient=1
Μερόη
Meroë
Meroe
Meroe
Meroe
Meroe
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 82 D5 Meroe
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
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-550
300
Meróē
Meroe
Meroe
Μερόη
Pleiades
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-550
-330
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
OSM location of Meroe
OSM Way 438303994
OpenStreetMap (Way 438303994, version 2, osm:changeset=41599069, 2016-08-21T18:23:49Z)
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Location based on OpenStreetMap
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-550
300
settlement
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
Meroe
Meroe
Meroë
Pleiades
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1700
2100