Nubia and Nubian Origins

This paper, the third in a series about the geographical history of Eastern Africa, examines the definitions of Nubia today against the background of her changing historical frontiers. It also considers literary and inscriptional evidence, ancient and mediaeval, bearing on Nubian origins and on the evolution of a Nubian kingdom, and discusses the impact of Roman frontier policy on events in the Nubian Nile valley and on the adjacent Eastern Desert tribes during the late Roman period.