Difference between revisions of "Nubia"

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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77216" /> ==
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77216" /> ==
<p> A large and ill-defined region of [[North-East]] Africa, lies between [[Egypt]] (N.) and Abyssinia (S.), and stretches from the [[Red]] [[Sea]] (E.) to the desert (W.); is divided into [[Lower]] and [[Upper]] Nubia, Dongola being the dividing point; [[Nubia]] has in recent times rather fallen under the wider designation of [[Egyptian]] Soudan; except by the banks of the [[Nile]] the country is bare and arid desert; climate is hot and dry, but quite healthy. </p>
<p> A large and ill-defined region of [[North-East]] Africa, lies between [[Egypt]] (N.) and Abyssinia (S.), and stretches from the Red Sea (E.) to the desert (W.); is divided into Lower and Upper Nubia, Dongola being the dividing point; [[Nubia]] has in recent times rather fallen under the wider designation of [[Egyptian]] Soudan; except by the banks of the Nile the country is bare and arid desert; climate is hot and dry, but quite healthy. </p>
          
          
==References ==
==References ==

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

A large and ill-defined region of North-East Africa, lies between Egypt (N.) and Abyssinia (S.), and stretches from the Red Sea (E.) to the desert (W.); is divided into Lower and Upper Nubia, Dongola being the dividing point; Nubia has in recent times rather fallen under the wider designation of Egyptian Soudan; except by the banks of the Nile the country is bare and arid desert; climate is hot and dry, but quite healthy.

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