Place · region
Sudan
Sudan refers both to the modern country on the Nile and, historically, to the bilad al-Sudan, the broad belt of West and Central African savannah south of the Sahara. Arab geographers used the term for the lands of the Ghana, Mali, Songhai and Kanem-Bornu empires. The term appears in many profiles, including those of the Sokoto Caliphate, the Darfur Sultanate and the Oyo Empire.
Mentioned in 15 profiles
Aksumite EmpireMilitaryAlmoravid EmpireImpactDarfur SultanateImpact, DeclineFatimid CaliphateMilitaryGhana EmpireMilitaryKanem-Bornu EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactSokoto CaliphateFoundation, SocioeconomySonghai EmpireFoundation, ImpactWadai EmpireSocioeconomy, ImpactMakuriaImpactFunj SultanateImpact, Decline, SummaryHausa kingdomsSocioeconomy, Impact, SummaryFrench West AfricaFoundation, Socioeconomy, Decline, SummaryUgandaImpactKingdom of KanoImpact, Summary
Mentioned in 13 state histories
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sudan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sudan
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- “Sudan.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sudan. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Sudan.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sudan.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sudan’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sudan (Accessed: ).
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