The nubian is a breed of domesticated goat with long legs, long ears and a large nose kept for its milk in India, the Middle East, North Africa, Britain and the USA. Research Nubian
The Nubian Wild Ass was a subspecies of African Wild Ass and the ancestor of domestic donkeys. It became extinct during the 1950s. Research Nubian Wild Ass
The Somali Wild Ass (Equus asinus somalicus) is the only surviving subspecies of the African Wild Ass. The Somali Wild Ass stands about 130 centimetres tall, has a large head in proportion to its body, and is a uniform light grey in colour. The Somali Wild Ass resembles the domestic donkey (Equus asinus), but is not actually a donkey. Rather, domestic donkeys are descended from the now extinct Nubian Wild Ass which was very similar to the Somali Wild Ass. The
Somali Wild Ass is now on the verge of extinction and is one of the rarest animals left in the world, with just a few hundred remaining in Ethiopia and Somalia. Research Somali Wild Ass
The Abada (Ababdeh) are a nomadic African tribe of Hamitic origin. They extend from the Nile at Assuan to the Red Sea, and reach northward to the Kena-Kosseir road, thus occupying the southern border of Egypt east of the Nile. They call themselves 'sons of the Jinns'. With some of the clans of the Bisharin and possibly the Hadendoa they represent the Blemmyes of classic geographers, and their location today is almost identical with that assigned them in Roman times. They were constantly at war with the Romans, who at last subdued them. In the middle ages they were known as the Beja, and conveyed pilgrims from the Nilevalley to Aidhab, the port of embarkation for Jedda. From time immemorial they have acted as guides to caravans through the Nubian desert and up the Nilevalley as far as Sennar. Research Ababda
The Nuba are a minority ethnic group living in south Sudan, numbering about 1 million in 1991. They speak related dialects of Nubian, which belongs to the Chari-Nile family. The Nuba farm terraced fields in the Nuba mountains, to the west of the White Nile. Research Nuba
In Egyptian mythology, Athor (Hathor, Hat-Her) was a goddess symbolised by a cow with a solar disk on its head and haw-feather plumes. She was originally a Nubian war goddess, who took the same lioness form as Sekhmet and drank her enemies' blood. Research Athor
HMS Nubian was a British Tribal Class destroyer of 1870 tons displacement launched in 1937. HMS Nubian was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and carried a crew of 190. She was armed with eight 4.7 inch dual-purpose guns; seven smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes. Research Nubian
The Republic of the Sudan is a country in north-east Africa. It has a total area of 2,505,810 km2. The climate is tropical in the south and arid desert in north with a rainy season lasting from April until October. The terrain is comprised of generally flat, featureless plains with mountains in the east and west. Natural resources are modest reserves of crude oil, iron ore, copper, chromiumore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, crude oil. The religion is 70% SunniMuslim in the north, 20% indigenous beliefs, 5% Christian mostly in the south and in Khartoum. The official language is Arabic with Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and
Sudanic languages and English also spoken.
In ancient times Sudan was known as Nubia and was part of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt. During the 15th century the land was invaded by Arabs, only to be retake by Egypt in 1820. In 1881 a revolt against Egyptian rule was subdued by an Anglo-Egyptian force and resulted in joint administration of the country by Egypt and Britain from 1899 until 1956 when the country became an independent republic.
Sudan is a city in Lamb County, Texas, USA. Research Sudan
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