Meroitic is an adjective referring to things related to the kingdom of Meroë
Meroë
Mero? is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum.... in pre-Islamic Sudan
Sudan
Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area.... .
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Meroitic is an adjective referring to things related to the kingdom of Meroë
Meroë
Mero? is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum.... in pre-Islamic Sudan
Sudan
Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area.... .
The Meroitic period was approximately 300 BC to 400 AD.
The Meroitic script is an alphabetic script originally derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs, used to write the Meroitic language of the Kingdom of Meroe/Kush.... was their writing system.
The Meroitic language was spoken in Meroe and the Sudan during the Meroitic period and went extinct about 400. It was written in two forms of the Meroitic alphabet: demotic, which was written with a stylus and was used for general record-keeping; and hieroglyphic, which was carved in stone or used for royal or religious documents.... was what they spoke.
