[[Image:Nubian painting.jpg|none|100px|A depiction of the story from Daniel 3 of the three youths thrown into the furnace.]]

'''[[Makuria]]''' was a [[monarchy|kingdom]] located in what is today Southern [[Egypt]] and Northern [[Sudan]]. It was one of a group of [[Nubia|Nubian]] kingdoms that emerged in the centuries after the fall of the Kindgom of [[Meroë]], which had dominated the region from around [[800 BCE]] to [[350|CE 350]]. Makuria originally covered the area along the [[Nile River]] from the Third [[Cataract]] to somewhere between the Fifth and Sixth Cataracts. Its capital was [[Old Dongola|Dongola]]. By the end of the [[6th century]] it had [[Religious conversion#Conversion to Christianity|converted to Christianity]], but in the [[7th century]] Egypt was conquered by the Islamic armies, and Nubia was cut off from the rest of [[Christendom]]. In [[651]] an Arab army invaded, but it was repulsed and a treaty known as the ''[[baqt]]'' was signed creating a relative peace between the two sides that lasted until the [[13th century]]. Makuria expanded, annexing its northern neighbour [[Nobatia]] either at the time of the Arab invasion or during the reign of King [[Merkurios]]. The period from roughly [[750]] to [[1150]] saw the kingdom stable and prosperous, in what has been called the "[[Golden Age]]". However, increased aggression from Egypt, the [[Islamicization]] and [[Arabization]] of the populace, and internal discord saw the state collapse in the [[14th century]]. ('''[[Makuria|continued...]]''')

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