Dongola
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 30, 2026 12:06 PM
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History
The late antique capital of the Nubian state of Makuria, Dongola remained an important center of trade through the medieval period.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/865674318
18.2266946401, 30.7434931668
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Old Dongola (AD 300 - AD 1450) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Dunqulah al Qadīmah (Arabic, modern)
- دنقلا العجوز (Dunqulā al-ʿAjūz: Arabic, modern)
- Dunḳula (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
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settlement
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Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, Jeffrey Becker, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Dongola: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/865674318> [accessed: 16 June 2026]
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