Question

Rocky outcrops along this body of water called got allowed chiefdoms called rwodi like Patiko to develop and later evade Karimojong raids. A line of “divine kings” starting with the culture hero Nyikang ruled this body of water’s Shilluk Kingdom, which repeatedly fought a kingdom led from Sennar. (10[1])The Bari and related peoples migrated up this river after the end (10[1])of the baqṭ (“bukt”) treaty, (10[1])which caused kingdoms led from Soba and Dongola to decline (10[4])and (10[1])allowed the Funj (10[2])Sultanate (10[1])to expand along this river. (10[3])Alodia (-5[1])and Makuria’s (10[2])loss (10[1])of control over this river forced the Nuer (“NOO-er”) and (10[1])Dinka (10[2])to migrate (-5[1])further up this river (10[1])to (10[2])avoid slave raids (10[2])by the Mamluk (10[1]-5[1])Sultanate (10[5])and a later conquest by Muhammad Ali Pasha. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this river around which Nubian kingdoms (10[1])were based. (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Nile River [or an-Nīl; accept Neîlos or Áman Dawū; accept Kiir or Kïr; accept Nilotic peoples; accept White Nile or Mountain Nile or an-Nīl al-Abyaḍ or al-Baḥr al-Jabal]
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