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The Sudan

By Lee_Santana

  • Muhammad M

    Muhammad M
    Muhammad Mi sent his third son Ismail at the head of 10,000 men across the desert and, by 1821, all of north and central Sudan was his. For the first time, the Sudan- the name means "Land of Blacks" - began to take shape as a political entity.

  • Muhammad Ahmad

    Muhammad Ahmad
    Salvation was to come from the desert. Muhammad Ahmad, the son of a Dongola boat-builder, was born in 1844.

  • British Egyptian Rule

    British Egyptian Rule
    Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule.

  • Sudan Becomes Independent

    Sudan Becomes Independent
    Sudan becomes independent.

  • Communist Party Leaders

    Communist Party Leaders
    Sudanese Communist Party leaders Was executed after short-lived coup against Numeiry.

  • Sudan Civil War

    Sudan Civil War
    Civil war breaks out again in the south involving government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), led by John Garang.

  • Exporting Oil

    Sudan begins to export oil.

  • SPLA And Government

    Government and SPLA sign landmark ceasefire agreement providing for six-month renewable ceasefire in central Nuba Mountains