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Slave trading
The south-western region of Bahr-al-Ghazal was one of the most prominent center of slave trading on the African contient/ -
Conquered
Led by Ali's son Hussein Sudan is conquered by Egypt.and Turkey -
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Sudanese War
The religious leader Sudanese "Mahdi" began to go against control from Egypt in sudan.
(They were later defeated in 1885) -
state found
a religioius leader estabished an Islamic state in Sudan -
British-Egyptian rule.
Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule. -
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Closed Districts Ordinances
in the 1920s a series of laws, the closed Districts Ordiances placed tigh controls on access to the south, the Nuba Mountains, Darfur and Southern Blue Nile, whose peoples- after "pacification"- were now regarded as needing "protection" -
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Second civil war
-Egyptian and British still controlled Sudan
- the British launched the campaign to liberate neighboring Ethiopia from Sudanese territory.
-Germans and Italians invaded hoping to take British out -
Southern Policy
in 1947 Southern Policy was abandoned after the Juba Conference organized by the colonial governent, at which southern chiefs agreed with nothern nationalists to pursue a united Sudan. -
Civil War
Revolt and start of the civil war First Civil War Between South and North starts -
Independent
Sudan becomes independent under a short term constitution. -
General Abboud
General Abboud leads the first military coup against the civilian government. -
Civil war in the south
Civil war breaks out in the predominately Christian region of the South. Civil war starts in the south. -
Nimeirir in power
Nimeirir got put in power thanks to the military coup -
“May Revolution”
Gaafar Mohamed El-Nimeiri leads the “May Revolution” military coup and becomes President. -
Peace Agreement
A peace agreement was signed and Sudan is in peace for about 10 years
It lasted until the SPLM/A signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement -
oil
Oil reserved are found in Bentiu (South Sudan). IT was discovered by a US company.
