Central Sudan

E296499

Central Sudan is a historical region in north-central Africa encompassing parts of modern-day northern Nigeria and surrounding areas, known for its precolonial emirates and trans-Saharan trade networks.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
connectedBy trans-Saharan caravan routes ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
historicallyIncluded Adamawa Emirate ⓘ
Bauchi Emirate ⓘ
Borno Emirate ⓘ
Bornu Empire ⓘ
Hausa city-states ⓘ
Kanem-Bornu ⓘ
linked to: Kanem Empire

Kano Emirate ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
Zaria Emirate ⓘ
historicalPeriod precolonial era ⓘ
knownFor Islamic states ⓘ
long-distance caravan trade ⓘ
precolonial emirates ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
spread of Islam ⓘ
trade in gold ⓘ
trade in kola nuts ⓘ
trade in textiles ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
languageFamily Chadic languages ⓘ
Hausa language ⓘ
linked to: Hausa

Kanuri language ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri
linkedTo Sahara Desert ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
locatedIn north-central Africa ⓘ
linked to: Central Africa
partlyLocatedIn Chad ⓘ
linked to: Sudan

eastern Mali ⓘ
northern Cameroon ⓘ
northern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Northern Nigeria

southern Niger ⓘ
linked to: Southern Niger

western Sudan (modern country) ⓘ
partOf Sudan region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
tradeGoodsExported ivory ⓘ
ostrich feathers ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
tradeGoodsImported horses ⓘ
metal goods ⓘ
salt ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
tradePartner Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

Nile Valley ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zazzau Emirate → historicalRegion → Central Sudan ⓘ
Ngazargamu → partOfHistoricalRegion → Central Sudan ⓘ
Bornu → partOf → Central Sudan region ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Mai → historicalRegion → Central Sudan (historical region) ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Muhammad Bello → sphereOfInfluence → Central and western Sudan region ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Sokoto Jihad → location → Central Sudan region ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) → partOf → Central Sudan region ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Mai Ali Gaji → areaOfInfluence → Central Sudan ⓘ
Idris Alooma → region → Central Sudan ⓘ
Hadejia Emirate → historicalRegion → Central Sudan ⓘ
Jabal Awliya locality → locatedIn → central Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Sudan national power grid → regionServed → central Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Alwa → regionToday → central Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Central Sudan
Kanemi dynasty → region → Central Sudan ⓘ