History of Nubia and the Nubian People

In the southern valley of Egypt, Nubians differ culturally and ethnically from Egyptians. Although they intermarried with members of other ethnic groups, especially Arabs. They speak Nubian languages as a mother tongue. Part of the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages, and Arabic as a second language.

Neolithic settlements have been in the central Nubian region dating back to 7000 BC. With Wadi Halfa believed to be the oldest settlement in the central Nile valley. Parts of Nubia, particularly Lower Nubia, were at times a part of ancient Pharaonic Egypt and at other times a rival state representing parts of Meroë or the Kingdom of Kush. By the Twenty-fifth Dynasty (744 BC–656 BC). All of Egypt was united with Nubia, extending down to what is now Khartoum.

History

In fact, the prehistory of Nubia dates to the Paleolithic around 300,000 years ago. By about 6000 BC, peoples in the region had developed an agricultural economy. In their history, when they adopted the Egyptian hieroglyphic system. Ancient history in Nubia is categorized according to the following periods: A-Group culture (3700–2800 BC), C-Group culture (2300–1600), Kerma culture (2500–1500), Nubian contemporaries of the New Kingdom (1550–1069), the Twenty-fifth Dynasty (1000–653), Napata (1000–275), Meroë (275 BC–300/350 AD), Makuria (340–1317), Nobatia (350–650), and Alodia (600s–1504).

Origins 

In fact, the Roman Empire used the term “Nubia” to describe the area of Upper Egypt and northern Sudan, that is Lower Nubia. This usage probably derives from the Meroitic word nob “slave” (and by extension, “Nubian”),[23] as the Kushites regarded their northern neighbors as a source of enforced agricultural workers, cf. Nobiin nob “slave” and Old Nubian day laborer; a farmer attached to land belonging to others”.