HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Climate
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Geographic location
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relationship to the Muslim world.
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ties to southern Africa.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The region of Nubia begins at the point just south of Khartoum in the Sudan where the Blue and White Nile join, and is linked to Egypt by the Nile River, which flows northward through both lands to the Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-2: -The African kingdom of Kush was located on the Nile River, to the south of Egypt. The civilization of Kush thrived from about 2000 B.C.E. to 350 C.E.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kush Kingdom’s location on the Nile River made it a major trade hub between Sub-Saharan Africa and Egypt. Ivory, ebony, and exotic animals funneled from Kerma to Egypt, but gold became the Kush’s most valued export.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rock throughout Nubia is either sandstone or granite. In sandstone areas, the Nile Valley is made up of wide alluvial floodplains. This area near Aswan is the most fertile section of Nubia. Nubian land is bordered on the east and west of the Nile by cultivated fields.