Central Sudan

E296499
historical region

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Central Sudan canonical 6
Central Sudan region 3
Central Sudan (historical region) 1

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 Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem-Bornu

Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Hausa language

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

eastern Mali ⓘ
northern Cameroon ⓘ
northern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Niger ⓘ
surface form: southern Niger

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

Nile Valley ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Sudan region
Mai → historicalRegion → Central Sudan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Sudan (historical region)
Muhammad Bello → sphereOfInfluence → Central Sudan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central and western Sudan region
Sokoto Jihad → location → Central Sudan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Sudan region
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) → partOf → Central Sudan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Sudan region
Mai Ali Gaji → areaOfInfluence → Central Sudan ⓘ
Idris Alooma → region → Central Sudan ⓘ
Hadejia Emirate → historicalRegion → Central Sudan ⓘ
Jabal Awliya locality → locatedIn → Central Sudan ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Sudan
Adamawa Emirate → partOfHistoricalRegion → Central Sudan ⓘ