Kanem Empire

E227595

historical empire medieval African state

The Kanem Empire was a powerful medieval African kingdom centered around Lake Chad that flourished as a hub of trans-Saharan trade and Islamic scholarship from roughly the 9th to the 14th century.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Kanem Empire canonical	9
Kanem-Bornu Empire	9
Kanem–Bornu Empire	4
Kanem	3
Kanem-Borno Empire	1
Kanem-Bornu	1
Kanem-Bornu polity	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical empire ⓘ medieval African state ⓘ
capital	Manan ⓘ Njimi ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
coreArea	Lake Chad basin ⓘ surface form: Lake Chad region
economy	trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
endTime	14th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kanembu ⓘ Tubu ⓘ
floruit	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
followedBy	Kanem Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasLegacy	formation of Kanem–Bornu political tradition ⓘ
knownFor	Islamic scholarship ⓘ military cavalry ⓘ
language	Kanembu language ⓘ
neighbor	Bornu ⓘ Fezzan ⓘ Hausa city-states ⓘ surface form: Hausa states Wadai ⓘ
notableRuler	Mai Dunama Dabbalemi ⓘ Mai Hummay ⓘ
partOf	Sahelian kingdoms ⓘ
presentLocation	Cameroon ⓘ Chad ⓘ Libya ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Sunni Islam ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Sayfawa dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent	adoption of Islam by the ruling dynasty ⓘ expansion into Bornu region ⓘ
sourceOfHistory	Arabic chronicles ⓘ Girgam (royal chronicle) ⓘ
startTime	c. 700 ⓘ
titleOfRuler	Mai ⓘ
tradeGood	horses ⓘ salt ⓘ slaves ⓘ textiles ⓘ
tradeRoute	trans-Saharan caravan routes ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Kanuri → historicalState → Kanem Empire ⓘ

Bornu Empire → successorStateTo → Kanem Empire ⓘ

Bornu Empire → precededBy → Kanem Empire ⓘ

Islam in Lake Chad region → historicalCenter → Kanem Empire ⓘ

Kanuri people → historicalRegion → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem

Kanuri people → historicalState → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Kanem Empire → followedBy → Kanem Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire

Trans-Saharan trade routes → enabledRiseOf → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Bornu → coreTerritoryOf → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Bornu → historicalRegionOf → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Bornu → successorTo → Kanem Empire ⓘ

Bornu → politicalCenterShiftedFrom → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem

Mai → associatedWith → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Mai → usedByPolity → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Mai → governs → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Shehu of Borno → associatedWith → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire

Kotoko → historicalInfluence → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire

West Africans → hasHistoricalEmpire → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire

Sayfawa dynasty → country → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Sayfawa dynasty → ruledEntity → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Mai Ali Gaji → successorStateContext → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu polity

Mai Ali Gaji → predecessorContext → Kanem Empire ⓘ

Central Sudan → historicallyIncluded → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Bornu

Borno Emirate → historicalPrecursor → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem-Borno Empire

Gorane people → region → Kanem Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanem