Merotic

Merotic (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of Meroic
   • 1988, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, Africa: Mother of Western Civilization, →ISBN, page 494:

     Merotic Script of Kimit (Egypt) introduced: An indigenous Nile Valley African form of communication through written words, in many ways very similar to Egyptian Demotic Script.

   • 2009, Guida M. Jackson, Women Leaders of Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Pacific, →ISBN, page 29:

     The Merotic people adopted an African-style matriarchal regime and set up a dynasty of queens, known collectively as the Candaces.

   • 2010, Liz James, A Companion to Byzantium, →ISBN, page 205:

     After the decline of the Merotic polity in the fourth century, the vacuum in the north was filled by a successor polity known as the X group or Ballana culture (Edwards 2004: 195–201).

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