Nubia

Nubia is a region along the Nile river located in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. It was one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Northeastern Africa, with a history that can be traced from at least 2000 B.C. onward (through Nubian monuments and artifacts, as well as written records from Egypt and Rome), and was home to one of the African empires. There were a number of large Nubian kingdoms throughout the Postclassical Era, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate, resulting in the Arabization of much of the Nubian population. Nubia was again united within Ottoman Egypt in the 19th century, and within the Kingdom of Egypt from 1899 to 1956.

The name Nubia is derived from that of the Noba people, nomads who settled the area in the 4th century following the collapse of the kingdom of Meroë. The Noba spoke a Nilo-Saharan language, ancestral to Old Nubian. Old Nubian was mostly used in religious texts dating from the 8th and 15th centuries AD. Before the 4th century, and throughout classical antiquity, Nubia was known as Kush, or, in Classical Greek usage, included under the name Ethiopia (Aithiopia).

Nubia (comics)

Nubia is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine published by DC Comics. The original Nubia was created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck, and debuted in Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #204, (January 1973). The modern character named Nu'Bia was created by Doselle Young and Brian Denham, her first appearance in Wonder Woman Annual (vol. 2) #8 (1999).

Fictional character biography

Nubia

In Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #204, (January 1973), Diana (Wonder Woman) has her memories restored by the Amazons and is soon confronted by an armored female warrior who challenges her to single combat. The two initially wrestle, then face each other with swords. Diana and the intruder seem evenly matched until the intruder knocks the sword from Diana's hands, but then hesitates to kill her. The dark-skinned stranger introduces herself as Nubia, the one true Wonder Woman, and tells Diana that they will meet again someday to decide which of them has the right to the title. Diana's mother, Queen Hippolyta, secretly believes she recognizes Nubia, who returns to her own Floating Island.

SS Nubia

There have been several vessels named Nubia or SS Nubia:

  • SS Nubia (1854), a passenger steamer, built by John Laird Sons & Company in Birkenhead in 1854 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
  • SS Nubian (1876), a passenger and cargo steamer built in 1876 by the Mitchell Charles & Co. Ltd. of Newcastle upon Tyne and was operated by the Union Steamship Company
  • Nubia SS, a cargo ship built in 1882 by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. of Meadowside and operated by Anchor Line Ltd of Glasgow
  • SS Nubia (1879), a cargo ship, built by Harland and Wolff in 1879 for African Steamship Company
  • SS Nubia (1895), a passenger and cargo steamer built by Caird & Company of Greenock in 1894 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
  • Nubia, a small steamer also named Nubia operated on the Nile in the late 19th and early 20th century. The steamer had two decks of private cabins, and aside from transporting people carried cargo and mail.
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    Nubia

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    Oh Nubia Nubia Nubia, the word is love to me
    Your beauty and the gentle magic of your soul live here in my memory
    Golden evenings in pink white veils sounds of the river telling ancient tales
    Dreams return me to you, fire flows in deep blue.
    Oh Nubia Nubia Nubia, the ringing in my ear
    As I wander through another light in search of someone soft I once held near
    Time glances the other way, life's sweet shadow makes night his day
    Brings me closer to you, paints my heart a deep blue.
    Whispers from eternity
    Bridges life's sweet mystery
    To sleep I go and hear the name Nubia Nubia Nubia ...
    Soft heart wait another day, flaming boat will take you away
    Then at the mystery's end, I won't have to pretend-tend-tend.
    Now you are ...
    Now you are ...
    Now you are ...
    Now you are ...




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