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What led to the decline of the Kingdom of Meroë?
What led to the decline of the Kingdom of Meroë?
- Increase in Egyptian trade
- Switch of Egyptian trade route to the Red Sea (correct)
- Conquest by the state of Axum
- Rise of Nubian states
What was the primary religion in Nubia for almost a thousand years following the fall of Meroë?
What was the primary religion in Nubia for almost a thousand years following the fall of Meroë?
- Greek Orthodox
- Islam
- Byzantine Christianity
- Coptic Christianity (correct)
What factors contributed to the erosion of the Christian civilization in Nubia after 1300?
What factors contributed to the erosion of the Christian civilization in Nubia after 1300?
- Penetration of Islam
- Political division and Arab immigration (correct)
- Decline in Greek liturgical language
- Construction of churches in Coptic or Byzantine fashion
