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	Georgios I of Makuria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Georgios I or George I was a ruler of the Nubian state of Makuria (c.
		Georgios dispatched his nephew and heir Niuty to battle him, but Niuty rebelled.
		Georgios sent one of his sons, but he was defeated and forced to flee to Alodia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georgios_I_of_Makuria (319 words)

	Makuria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Makuria expanded, annexing its northern neighbour Nobatia either at the time of the Arab invasion or during the reign of King Merkurios.
		Makuria remained in use as a geographic term for the southern half of the kingdom, but it was also used to describe the kingdom in its entirety.
		It is clear that after the seventh century Makuria had become officially Coptic and loyal to the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria; the king of Makuria became the defender of the patriarch of Alexandria, occasionally intervening militarily to protect him, as Kyriakos did in 722.
	stevehome.dynup.net /en/Makuria.htm (3883 words)

	The Islamic period
		Makuria did not accept the superiority of the Monophysite patriarchate in Alexandria until the turn of the seventh century, when Merkurios was king.
		In the reigns of Zacharias I and Georgios I, Georgios II, Zacharias II and Zacharias III, the kingdom experienced rapid growth despite initial strife marring the reign of Georgios I (Nyuti's rebellion, conflict with el Omarim).
		The territory of Makuria (Nubian Dotawo) shrank to the region between the First and Second Cataracts, originally the southern part of the kingdom with the main centers at Qasr Ibrim and Gebel Adda, and to Batn el Hagar.
	www.numibia.net /nubia/islam.htm (1811 words)

	MAKURIA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Makuria (to Arabs al-Mukurra or al-Muqurra) was a kingdom located in what is today Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.
		For instance, in the 10th century, Georgios II successfully intervened on behalf of the unnamed ruler at that time, and persuaded Patriarch Philotheos of Alexandria to at last ordain an ''abuna'', or metropolitan for the Ethiopian_Orthodox_Church.
		Adams notes that the ancient border between Makuria and Nobatia today is close to the border between the Nobiin and Dongolawi languages.
	www.mrspell.com /Makuria (3536 words)

	All about Georgios I of Makuria - RecipeLand.com Reference library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Georgios I or George I of Makuria was a ruler of the Nubian state of Makuria from c.
		It is not certain if he traveled all the way to Baghdad or whether he simply went to Cairo, either way his journey had a major impact, and new treaty was signed canceling the arrears and changing the bakt so that it only needed to be paid every three years.
		Zacharias, who was also Niuty's nephew, succeeded Georgios at the end of his long reign.
	www.recipeland.com /encyclopaedia/index.php/Georgios_I_of_Makuria (320 words)

	6th and 7th centuries and research on the Christian period of Alodia is only beginning
		The kings of Makuria seem to have played the dominant role in this process; it was the kings of Makuria who managed to bring about the union, defend Dongola against the Arabs and negotiate a baqt treaty with them.
		The problem remains as to whether iconographic models came directly from Palestine or through Coptic Egypt or maybe also through Makuria (Dongola).The interiors of apses in the early churches in Nobadia are decorated architecturally on the most part: friezes, niches and pilasters (First Cathedral at Faras).
		The classical period in Nubian art should presumably be connected with the rule of a dynasty established by King loannes in the early twenties of the 9th century.
	www.arkamani.org /arkamani-library/christian/godlewski_1.htm (6673 words)

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		The rulers of the three Nubian states seem to have been rivals, and the religious connections they established (Egyptian vs. Byzantine Greek) reflected political divisions within the Byzantine Empire, to which Egypt then belonged.
		(Shinnie, 1978b:583) Makuria may have allied with the last Fatimids; it fought and was defeated by the Ayyubids in 1172.
		The Mamluk Baybars fought and defeated Dawud of Makuria in 1272-1276, and installed a Christian vassal on the throne.
	www.etext.org /Politics/World.Systems/papers/wilkinson_david/spatio-temporal_boundaries_african_civilizations (16119 words)

	Bakt - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The bakt or baqt was a treaty between the Christian state of Makuria and the Muslim rulers of Egypt.
		In the 830s Egypt plunged into civil war and King Zacharias III of Makuria halted payment of the bakt.
		Unable or unwilling to pay this large sum Zacharias sent his son and heir Georgios on a long journey to Baghdad in 835 to negotiate directly with the Caliph.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Bakt (569 words)

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		Georgios I or George I of Makuria was a ruler of the
		Ibrahim had gained control over Egypt he demanded the bakt be resumed and the payment of all arrears.
		Abu al-Rahman al-Umari invaded the gold mining area near Abu Haman with his private army.
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	\|\|The Cradle of Nubian Civilisation\|\|
		Main events: Growth in strength of the Monophysite Church in Nubia as a result of the visit to Nubin of Christodulos, the Patriarch of Alexandria(1058),
		Painting in Faras reaches its climax(multi-coloured style), Centemporary rulers: Salomon (until 1080), Georgios III and Basilios (c.
		aged 88.Contemporary rulers: Georgios IV(1130-1158) and Moise (c.
	www.thenubian.net /nubold.php (1672 words)

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