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Dongola, Second Battle of

Years: 652 - 652

The Second Battle of Dongola or Siege of Dongola is a military engagement between early Arab-Egyptian forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Nubian-Christian forces of the Kingdom of Makuria in 652.

The battle endd Muslim expansion into Nubia, establishing trade and a historic peace between the Muslim world and a Christian nation.

As a result, Makuria is able to grow into a regional power that will dominate Nubia for the over 500 years.

"Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?"

― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Orator (46 BCE)