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Map of Sudan from 2011 with South Sudan independent. The history of Sudan refers to the territory that today makes up Republic of the Sudan and the state of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known by the term "Sudan".
(cultural) Suakin was an important medieval and Ottoman-era port. It has fine houses and mosques. [10] Kerma: Northern: 1994 (cultural) Kerma was the centre of the Kerma culture in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. There are remains of mudbrick buildings and a large cemetery with a funerary chapel. [11] Old Dongola: Northern: 1994 (cultural)
This encompasses objects from cultural traditions of the region in North-East Africa historically referred to as the Sudan, including the southern regions that became independent as South Sudan in 2011. Throughout its history, Sudan has been a crossroads between North Africa, Egypt, Mediterranean cultures, parts of West Africa and the Red Sea ...
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south.
Sudan Memory is an online archive and cultural heritage project, provided by an international group of partners with the aim of conserving and promoting Sudanese cultural heritage. In the course of the project, digital reproductions of books and newspapers, photographs and films, visual art and architecture, as well as of other cultural objects ...
In Sudan's capital, precious books in a major library have been burned and the national museum has been cut off for weeks by fighting. In Darfur, another museum is at risk from seasonal rains ...
Subsequently Timbuktu became one of the most important Islamic cultural centers in the Sahara. Alodia , the last holdout of Christian Nubia, was destroyed by the Funj Sultanate in 1504. During the 19th century the Sanusi order was highly involved in missionary work with their missions focused on the spread of both Islam and textual literacy as ...
Cultural history of Sudan (1 C, 6 P) L. Languages of Sudan (9 C, 64 P) M. ... Pages in category "Culture of Sudan" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of ...