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		Dongola in Union County, which is near Egypt, Illinois, was named for the capital of Nubia (1), the ancient Cush, which is on the Nile in Sudan.
		Old Dongola in northern Sudan (map) was the capital of the lower Christian Nubian Kingdom (Mayuria), which was ruled by the dynasty of Candace.
		Dongola is in Union County, which is a reference to the Trinity in 1 John 5:8 as explained in the meaning of the year, 2003.
	www.biblenews1.com /history3/20030115.htm (1138 words)

	Nubia
		The chief cities are: Khartoum, at the junction of the White and Blue Niles, founded in 1823 and the starting-point of all scientific and missionary expeditions, destroyed in 1885 by the Mahdi, rebuilt in 1898; Omdurman, on the Abiad, founded by the Mahdi; Sennar, capital of Southern Nubia; Kassala, capital of Taka.
		On the Nile are Berber, Abu-Hammed, Old Dongola, and New Dongola, capital of central Nubia; in Nubia proper, Derr, Wadi Halfa, and Assuan; in Kordofan, El-Obeid; in Darfur, El Fasho.
		Dongola was conquered, the Christian king David was obliged to flee, and the churches were plundered.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/n/nubia.html (1534 words)

	Old Dongola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Old Dongola is a town in Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile opposite the Wadi Al-Malik.
		It is 50 miles (80 km) upstream from (New) Dongola.
		Old Dongola was the departure point for caravans west to Darfur and Kordofan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Dongola (211 words)

	Dongola. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Old Dongola, c.75 mi (120 km) south of the present city of Dongola, was the capital of the Christian kingdom of Makurra or Nubia.
		His successor gained independence in 1325, but the Muslims reconquered the land in 1366 and the capital was abandoned.
		Dongola was briefly ruled (1811–20) by Mamluk refugees from Egypt.
	www.bartleby.com /65/do/Dongola.html (152 words)

	Embassy of Sudan in South Africa - Tourism \| Cities and Towns
		Dongola is the capital of the Northern State and the main producer of palm-dates, wheat, cereals and fruits.
		Historically, Old Dongola was the capital of a Christian kingdom.
		Dongola is connected to Khartoum by a recently constructed asphalt motorway and by rough land roads to other main towns of the State and Northern Kordofan.
	www.sudani.co.za /tourism_cities.htm (1803 words)

	Egypt - Slavery
		This is simply the old Mosaic law which Mohammed found in the Jewish Scripture, and adapted, with few or no material changes, to the new family life of Islam.
		In the old days of plague they were its first and most numerous victims, and they still suffer from pulmonary diseases to an extent unknown among natives and resident Europeans.
		Franks are, of course, now forbidden by their own laws to buy or hold slaves, but the prohibition is not always regarded by residents in the native quarters of the city, where, indeed, a single man cannot hire a house nor obtain lodgings unless he have a female slave.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles36/egypt-15.shtml (3283 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.01.16
		After discussing the state of archaeological research W. introduces the metropolises Faras, Old Dongola and Soba East, and the other major centers Qasr Ibrim and Jebel Adda, before he goes on to lower ranking settlements in Nobadia and in the Makurian Province of Maris (Arminna West, Debeira West, Abdullah Nirqi, Meinarti, Serra West, and Hambukol).
		Unlike the temple, which as the house of the god had normally been entered by the priesthood only, the church was a public building largely occupied by the congregation.
		Old Dongola was abandoned in 1365-6 as the capital of northern Nubia and the court moved to Daw (probably Jebel Adda some 55 km south of Qasr Ibrim).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-01-16.html (2267 words)

	Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith
		From Khartoum, the route to Dongola ("Dunqulah" on the map) crosses the desert.
		The paved road ends at a truck stop in a place called Tamtam, and from there it is only an unpaved track through the sand; occasionally the truck's wheels will get stuck in the sand and have to be dug out.
		Although modest compared to the huge royal pyramids of the Old and Middle Kingdom, Siamun and Weran's pyramid is large by Noble's standards.
	www.anth.ucsb.edu /faculty/stsmith/research/region.html (520 words)

	The Nubian Desert by Philip Marsden \| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		There were ten of us who woke that first morning among the ruins of old Dongola: three drivers, a cook, a guide, my wife, her father, our friend from the embassy, his partner Dr Bojana (a Macedonian Egyptologist) and Lindy from Northern Ireland.
		The interest of the Kerma culture was that it represented a branch of the Old Kingdom, the very first period of Egyptian history, and thus one of the oldest civilisations in the world.
		Provisions were running low - so low that pulling into the town of Dongola (new Dongola, far to the north of Old Dongola) we found ourselves full of oasis fever at the sight of tomatoes, oranges, bananas and dates.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_2537.html (2311 words)

	Nubian language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While old Nubia had had systems for archiving and documentation prior to the Christian Nubia era, most if not all of the ancient texts date back to this era.
		His study is based on an assumption that since Old Nubian relies mainly on produced tones (intonation or chanting) then a Nubian who talks and masters the language is more qualified and capable to establish a standard method of writing.
		The structure and formation of the Old Nubian language is characterized by its reliance on produced tones that is known as intonation or chanting.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/nubian_l.htm (521 words)

	DONGOLA - Online Information article about DONGOLA
		Nubia from the persecutions of Mehemet All, the town is called Dongola Makara (New Dongola) to distinguish it from Dongola Agusa (Old Dongola), which it supplanted.
		Mandi Mahommed Ahmed was a native of Dongola.
		Dongola Agusa, 75 M. upstream from New Dongola, now a heap of ruins, was the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DIO_DRO/DONGOLA.html (304 words)

	Bridge Group
		It was built by Stewart and Rockefellow, the local firm that held the contract for the Patoka aquaduct and the Dongola section of the Wabash and Erie Canal.
		Dongola itself was platted on March 10, 1851, by William Carpenter and Issac Street (a.k.a.
		The old Dongola bridge was situated roughly halfway between two documented stations on the Little Pigeon Creek route of the Underground Railroad network in southwestern Indiana.
	www.i69tour.org /bridgegroup.html (4287 words)

	MEDIEVAL NUBIA - EgyptSearch Forums
		This language, known as Old Nubian, is closely related to the modern Mahass dialect of Nubian, which is spoken from the Second Cataract to Abu Fatina at the Third Cataract, and thus covers very much the area of Nobatia.
		The last Christian king of Dongola was Kudanbes, who in A.D. 1323 was defeated by Kanz ed Dawla; the Christian kingdom came to an end and the country thrown open to the Arabs became rapidly Islamized.
		The recent work in the industrial quarter at Old Dongola is particularly welcome and the results of the pottery kiln excavations should go some way to allowing us to begin a detailed study of the pottery of Central Nubia.
	www.egyptsearch.com /forums/Forum8/HTML/000782.html (17039 words)

	Nubia - Crystalinks
		His youth resembled the sun rising, his maturity was like the sun at noon and his old age was comparable with the setting sun.
		The pharaohs of the New Kingdom constructed their graves in caves with underground rooms and passages symbolizing the nightly sojourn of the sun god.
		Although the Nubians were no match for the armies of Egypt's Old Kingdom, the interactions arising from their enslavement and colonization led to ever-increasing African influence upon the art, culture, and religion of dynastic Egypt.
	www.crystalinks.com /nubia.html (4330 words)

	Exploration Specialists International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		From Dongola north to where we are currently camped, 150 kms south of Wadi Halfa, the scenery has been just spectacular.
		This is really evident in these old fortresses along the river where magnificent mud brick forts are built on top of the ruins of very old rock forts built probably by the Egyptians.
		But absolutely the best part of this journey with its incredible scenery and the three thousand year old fortresses and temples, is the fact that in 37 days and 2300 kms of rafting in the Sudan, we have see absolutely not a single other tourist, adventurer, traveler, or any other westerner outside of Khartoum.
	www.pvsnet.com /index.php?article=040321.htm (1554 words)

	BIBLIOG RA PAY - Online Information article about BIBLIOG RA PAY
		On the ruins of the ancient Ethiopian states arose Christian the Christian kingdoms of Dongola and Aloa, with Kingdoms of capitals at Dongola and Soba (corresponding roughly Nubia.
		When Gordon left the Sudan he was succeeded at Khartum by Raouf Pasha, under whom all the old abuses of the Egyptian administration were revived.
		The fall of Khartum was followed by the withdrawal of the British expedition, Dongola being evacuated in June 1885.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BIBLIOG_RA_PAY.html (5647 words)

	History of Sudan
		Politically, the country was divided into two kingdoms: the Northern Kingdom of Muqarra, which had its capital at Old Dongola and the southern kingdom of Alwa with its capital at Soba, south of Khartoum.
		This was followed by rapid immigration from Egypt, the Islamisation of the Sudan as far south as Shendi and the partitioning of land among tribal leaders.
		The old Turko-Egyptian system of provinces and districts was reintroduced, but with British officers in all key administrative posts.
	www.sudanembassy.co.uk /infobook/history.htm (2233 words)

	sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dongola isn't exactly a big town but is more modern than others...
		We stopped at some ruins known as Old Dongola and then had to try and work out exactly where the track for Karima was.
		One old man we came across, in the middle of nowhere, nearly hugged us when he saw us.
	www.scottwightman.com /africa/sudan.htm (5470 words)

	ENVIRONMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It Lies in Kaboshiya area, and it is the capital of Meroitic Kingdom (4 century B.C. 4 century A.D.) and includes the remains of old Meroe town with its temples, mansions, baths and three groups of pyramids in which the kings and nobles of Meroitic Kingdom were buried.
		It is the capital of the Christian Maghura Kingdom (7th - 14th century A.D.) and includes remains of churches, houses, abbeys, cemetry and an old mosque which was originally a Christian building.
		It lies on the other bank of the Nile, to the east of new Dongola and includes remains of temples form the periods of the modern Egyptian Kingdom, Napata and Meroe.
	www.sudanembassy.org /contemporarylooks/Environment.htm (4415 words)

	The White Nile.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We arrive at Dongola town reasonably early and watch while a ferry disembarks its load of passengers and pack-camels.
		Dongola is one of the closest major towns to the Western Darfur region of Sudan, where a nasty outbreak of war has occurred recently.
		The entire ground area is literally covered with old pieces of broken pottery, the pieces sometimes have designs and you can make out the edges of pots and even piece bits together.
	www.e-stretch.net /TheWhiteNile/news/news14.html (6066 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Dongola
		Dongola Whatever you're looking for you can get it on eBay.
		Dongola, region, part of Northern state, Republic of Sudan.
		In a great campaign he subjugated the valley of the Nile up to the Third Cataract (below the present Dongola).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Dongola (271 words)

	Dongola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		'''Dongola''' (also spelled Dunqulah or Dunqula and formerly sometimes known as El Ordeh) is a city in northern Sudan, on the banks of the Nile.
		This province was part of the Makurian kingdom, then later belonged to Egypt which made it the seat of a pasha.
		A city in the U.S. is named after it: Dongola, Illinois.
	dongola.kiwiki.homeip.net (213 words)

	sudan sudan sudan
		The area where it flows northward out of the bend and through to the Third Cataract is called the Dongola Reach, named after the Sudanese town of Dongola which dominates this part of the river.
		From the Old Kingdom onward, in addition to Ta-Seti, the Egyptians applied the name Ta- Nehesy as a general designation for Nubia (n.b., nehesy means, "nubian;" Panehesy, "the Nubian" becomes a common personal name, developing into the Biblical name, Phineas).
		Elsewhere in the Old Kingdom, the names Irtjet, Zatju, and Kaau were used of particular people and areas of the country.
	www.sahar7.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /sudan_history_text_down.htm (2352 words)

	Wanderlust magazine Travel Beyond Boundaries – Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The military maps I held in my hands – remnants from the British relief of Khartoum and now over a century old – are still usable, give or take a bit of urban spread.
		Since the 1998 US bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory, Khartoum’s security services are on full alert, but everything still seemed surprisingly tranquil; the people still welcoming, the atmosphere – despite the city’s size – almost village-like.
		Stranded in the desert, Dongola is to the Nile what Timbuktu is to the Niger – remote, ancient and barely surviving.
	www.wanderlust.co.uk /travelbeyond/explore72b.html (1108 words)

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	Untitled Document
		This "pact" (known, in fact, as the "Baqt," from the Greek pakton) declared that the Arab authorities in Egypt would make no further attacks on Nubia if the Nubians provided an annual tribute of 360 slaves and allowed a mosque to be built in the center of their capital at Old Dongola.
		Old Dongola, the capital of Makuria, is now the largest Christian archaeological site in the Sudan (currently being excavated by a Polish team from the National Museum, Warsaw, under the direction of Dr, W, Godlewski).
		The cathedrals were among the greatest architectural and artistic achievements of the age, as revealed by the well preserved cathedral found at Faras during the 1960's by Polish archaeologists.
	www.nubianet.org /about/about_history10.html (1273 words)

	Christian Nubia
		Since the 6/7th century the kings from Dongola predominated also the state of Nobadia.
		However, the Nubian population still demonstrated great respect for the ruins of the old churches, understanding that they were the religious buildings of their parents and grandparents.
		The Cathedral in Old Dongola and its Antecedents (Warsawa 1990)
	numibia.net /nubia/christian.htm (1661 words)

	Others archaeological sites (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		small rests of an Egyptian settlement located on the Island of Argo north of the town of Dongola.
		: old granite quarries with many stele engraved on the rocks among the rock formations of the 3
		: ruins of an old middleage town lost in the Nubian desert not far from the Egyptian border, important since the ancient gold mines were active.
	www.italtoursudan.com.cob-web.org:8888 /others_archaeological_sites.htm (204 words)

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