ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
Urban biography of a cosmopolitan African capital
The project aims at writing an urban biography of Tungul (Old Dongola, Sudan). The use of the native Nubian designation of the city underscores its medieval African heritage, while the “biographical” approach aids in conceptualizing the city as a complex, living organism. Tungul was originally the capital of the kingdom of Makuria which transformed into a city-state under the patronage of Funj sultans (16th–19th cent.). Makuria was a medieval African kingdom that thrived in the Middle Nile Valley from the end of the 4th cent. to the late 15th cent. CE. This project is a multidisciplinary attempt at gaining a profound understanding of settlement persistence in riverine Africa and it intends…
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