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Dongola

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 01, 2019 08:17 AM — 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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/865674318

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
18.2222606288, 30.7471128456

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Old Dongola (AD 300 - AD 1450) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Dunqulah al Qadīmah (Arabic, modern)
- دنقلا العجوز‎ (Dunqulā al-ʿAjūz: Arabic, modern)

Dongola makes connections with:

None

Dongola receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Dongola: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/865674318> [accessed: 20 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/865674318 |title=Places: 865674318 (Dongola) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 20, 2024 6:57 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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