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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. The Bari and related peoples migrated up this river after the end of the baqṭ (“bukt”) treaty, (10[1])which caused kingdoms led from Soba and Dongola to decline (10[1])and allowed the Funj Sultanate to expand along this river. (10[1])Alodia (-5[1])and Makuria’s loss of control over this river forced the Nuer (“NOO-er”) and Dinka to migrate further up this river to avoid slave raids by the Mamluk Sultanate and a later conquest by Muhammad Ali Pasha. For 10 points, (10[1])name this river around which Nubian kingdoms were based. ■END■ (10[1])

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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