Historians believe that the main reason for moving the capital here was the iron ore deposits located near Meroë. For the next 900 years, Meroë thrived as a center of trade and culture. The Nubian turned Meroë into Africa's first iron working center.
Tuesday voting is a law from 1845, when people coun't travel on Sundays for religious reasons, so they needed a monday to have time to travel to the place where the vote took place.
