Meroë

Summary

Meroë is an ancient city^[1]. Meroë ranks in the top 4% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (448 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Meroë is located in River Nile^[3].
• Meroë is in the country of Sudan^[4].
• Meroë's image is recorded as Sudan Meroe Pyramids 2001.JPG^[5].
• Meroë's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[6].
• Meroë's instance of is recorded as historical country^[7].
• Meroë's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 312587008^[8].
• Meroë's GND ID is recorded as 4038739-2^[9].
• Meroë's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083865^[10].
• Meroë's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00567612^[11].
• Meroë's Commons category is recorded as Meroe^[12].
• -2500-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Meroë^[13].
• Meroë was dissolved in -1500-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Meroë's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 16.935138888889, 'lon': 33.75075}^[15].
• Meroë's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lds2^[16].
• Meroë's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1336-001^[17].
• Meroë's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1336-002^[18].
• Meroë's page banner is recorded as WV banner Meroe pyramids.jpg^[19].
• Meroë's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000713876^[20].
• Meroë's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0042112^[21].
• Meroë's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[22].
• Meroë's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Meroë's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Meroë's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[25].
• Meroë's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Meroë's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

Body

Founding

-2500-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Meroë^[13].

Dissolution

Meroë was dissolved in -1500-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].

Why It Matters

Meroë ranks in the top 4% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (448 views/month).^[2] Meroë has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Meroë is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]