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	Kanem-Bornu Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This revival coincided with the collapse of the Songhai Empire, creating a lucky opportunity into which the Kanem-Bornu stepped.
		However, in the early 1400s the Sefuwa dynasty reoriented from Kanem to Bornu, a kingdom to the west of Lake Chad.
		When the empire finally collapsed in the 1840s, it had been challenged by the growing power of the Fulani Empire to the west states for many years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kanem-Bornu_Empire (545 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Nigeria
		Bornu reached its zenith as an independent kingdom under Idris Alooma, who extended his rule over many of the eastern Hausa states that had existed in the area west of Kanem-Bornu since the 11th century; the western states fell under the sway of the Songhai empire.
		By the 8th century the region south-west of Lake Chad was part of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, which in 1086 adopted Islam.
		By about 1300 Bornu was a flourishing centre of Islamic culture, rivalling the Mali Empire in the west.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761557915___38/Nigeria.html (4619 words)

	Click Afrique: Magazine: History: Africa's Ancient Empires - Kanem Bornu
		Kanem Bornu - The Empire by the Lake
		In particular, they became targets for the political and economic ambitions of Kanuri, who migrated into the area in about 1100 AD and by the next century had begun the conquest and consolidation of the city-states into what was to become the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
		The origins of Kanem Bornu can be traced to a loose confederation of city-states that sprung up on the eastern shores of Lake Chad an area known as Kanem.
	www.clickafrique.com /0101rpt/history_KanemBornu.asp (484 words)

	Wadai article - Wadai sultanate Chad Lake Chad Kanem-Bornu empire Islam 16th century - What-Means.com
		Formerly subject to the Kanem-Bornu empire, which introduced Islam to the region, it was founded in the 16th century.
		Wadai article - Wadai sultanate Chad Lake Chad Kanem-Bornu empire Islam 16th century - What-Means.com
		Wadai was a former sultanate in northern Chad, located to the east of Lake Chad.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Wadai (151 words)

	The Nigerian Embassy, Moscow, Russian Federation: Nigeria: History
		The Kanem-Bornu Empire ceased to exist in 1846 when it was absorbed into the Wadai sultanate to the east.
		In the late 16th century, the Bornu king Idris Alooma expanded the kingdom again, and although the full extent of the expansion is not clear, Bornu exerted considerable political influence over Hausaland to the west.
		The Saifawas, Kanem▓s ruling dynasty, periodically enlarged their holdings by conquest and marriage into the ruling families of vassal states.
	www.nigerianembassy.ru /Nigeria/history.htm (5094 words)

	Early Chad and Kanem-Bornu
		During Dabbalemi's reign, the Fezzan region (in present-day Libya) fell under Kanem's authority, and the empire's influence extended westward to Kano, eastward to Wadai, and southward to the Adamawa grasslands (in present-day Cameroon).
		The Kanem Empire originated in the ninth century A.D. to the northeast of Lake Chad.
		Even though the Kanembu were becoming more sedentary, Kanem's rulers continued to travel frequently throughout the kingdom to remind the herders and farmers of the government's power and to allow them to demonstrate their allegiance by paying tribute.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Kanem-Bornu.html (2066 words)

	Pre-colonial African History
		Under the leadership of the Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the nomadic Berbers of the Sanhage Confederation invaded Morocco in 1061, Mauritania in 1071 (destroying the Ghana Empire) and Spain in 1086.
		The empire declined in the 18th century but was able to stop the advance of the Fulani Islamist jihad in 1810.
		When court intrigue and succession disputes sapped the strength of the extended empire, vassal provinces revolted in the late 14th century of which the Songhai who began to build up their own empire around Gao and finally subjugated Djenné in 1471 eclipsing Mali.
	berclo.net /page99/99en-afr-notes.html (2115 words)

	Bornu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kanem-Bornu Empire, a historical state of West Africa
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bornu (75 words)

	Kanem - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Kanem
		:Kanem can also refer to the ancient Sahelian state of Kanem-Bornu
		Located in the west of the country, Kanem covers an area of 114,520 square kilometers and has a population of 279,927 (as of 1993).
		Here you will find more informations about Kanem.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Kanem.html (84 words)

	Chad, Republic of
		By the 9th century AD, the kingdom of Kanem (see Kanem-Bornu Empire) was established in what is now western Chad, with its capital at Njimi, near Mao.
		Kanem was subjected to neighboring Bornu in the 16th century, and in the succeeding period the chief powers were the sultanates of Baguirmi and Wadai in the south.
		The export of slaves to North Africa was an important sector of the economy of these states.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/GeogHist/histories/history/hiscountries/C/chad.html (596 words)

	Kanem-Bornu -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Bornu was originally the southernmost province of the Kanem empire, an ancient kingdom that reached its peak in the 12th and 13th centuries.
		Toward the end of the 14th century the power of Kanem waned, and the empire shrank until little was left of it except Bornu.
		Much of the country was included in the ancient kingdoms of Songhai and Bornu, and during the 18th century the area came under Islamic rule.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9327929 (513 words)

	Turkish Embassy.org - Republic of Turkey
		As an example, upon the request of Kanem- Bornu Empire, prevailed during the middle ages in the Northern Sub-Sahara, in today's Northern Nigeria's Bornu State and also in Chad, Ottoman Empire sent to Kanem-Bornu military trainers, equipment and ammunition from Tripoli and Algeria.
		Ottoman Empire also signed a Defense Pact with Kanem-Bornu in 1575, more than four countries ago.
		In the Red Sea, the Ottoman Empire's aim was to prevent the Portuguese imperialism in India and Asia.
	www.turkishembassy.org /governmentpolitics/regionsafrica.htm (1441 words)

	Worldwide Numismatics - Republic of China-Rwanda
		The first recognisable empire in the region was the Kanem-Bornu Empire that flourished between the 10th and 13th century, and again briefly in the 16th.
		The Kushan empire had unravelled by the 4th century and was subsequently absorbed by the Persian Sassanians, the Gupta dynasty, Hephthalites from Central Asia, and Turkic and Hindu Shahi dynasties.
		A second war against the British in 1849 brought the empire to an end, and the annexation of the Punjab and the Sind in the 1850s; these were ceded to the British Raj in 1857.
	www.worldwide-numismatics.com /page21.htm (1865 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Bornu
		Pressure of the Bulala, a rival dynasty from further east, caused the Sefuwa court to abandon Kanem proper and move to BORNU between 1382 and 1387.
		In the late 16th century, Bornu established diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire.
		The 19th century saw the decline of Bornu, loss of territory to the Sultanate of SOKOTO (the Haussa), it's capital destroyed in a raid in 1808.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/centrafrica/bornu.html (311 words)

	RebelUp.Com International
		To the east of Songhai, between the Niger River and Lake Chad, the Hausa city-states and the Kanem-Bornu Empire emerged.
		Islam appears to have been introduced into the Hausa states in the 14th century from Kanem-Bornu.
		The new Fulani Empire was initially divided between Usuman's brother Abdullahi and his son, Muhammad Bello, but after 1817 Muhammad and his successors were the sole overlords.
	www.unlvrebelup.com /africaaboutafrica4.html (2742 words)

	History - Niger - Africa
		Songhai was for almost a thousand years the supreme power in the western part of the country, while the Kanem-Bornu Empire exerted a powerful influence in the east.
		During the Middle Ages the Niger region was on the central caravan route from North Africa to the Hausa states and the empires of Mali and Songhai.
		MNSD candidate Tandja Mamadou was elected president, and the MNSD again took the largest number of seats in the National Assembly.
	www.countriesquest.com /africa/niger/history.htm (865 words)

	Nigeria - Open Encyclopedia
		The Kanem-Bornu Empire near Lake Chad dominated northern Nigeria for over 600 years, prospering as a terminal of north-south trade between North African Berbers and forest people.
		In the early 19th century, Usman dan Fodio brought most areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
		The kingdoms of Oyo in the southwest, and Benin in the southeast both devoloped elaborate systems of political organization in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Nigeria (1162 words)

	WF-WS no. 310 Nigeria
		The Saifawa Dynasty ruled the Kanem-Bornu empire and, towards the end of the 11th century, this ruling family had been converted to Islam.
		The economic prosperity of the empire was based on the export of slaves from the south to the North African coast, plus grain from the savannah in exchange for salt from the northern Sahara.
		On the Gulf of Guinea the empire of Benin, ruled by an 'Oba' (a political and religious leader), was well established by the 15th century.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /suttonlink/310ni.html (2119 words)

	index.php?title=List_of_state_leaders_in_1228
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		became the first President of the Republic of Turkey, a new nation founded from remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
		The process was completed in most of the world in the 19th and early 20th centuries, replacing numerous historical weights and measures.
	www.4lawschool.com /index.php?title=List_of_state_leaders_in_1228 (601 words)

	List of state leaders in 1221
		Kanem-Bornu Empire - Dunama II Dibbalem, Saifawa Mai of Kanem (1210-1224)
		Latin Empire of Constantinople - Conon of Bethune, regent (1219-1221) in the absence of Robert of Courtenay
		Byzantine Empire - in exile in the Empire of Nicaea - Theodore I Lascaris Byzantine Emperor (1204-1222)
	www.findterm.net /li/list-of-state-leaders-in-1221.html (927 words)

	BORNO
		Because of its status as the heart of the ancient Kanem-Bornu Empire, Bornu State enjoys a rich historical heritage.
		Located in the far north east of Nigeria and sharing borders with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, Bornu State is the center of Nigeria's trade with Central and East Africa.
		Augmented with the stunning beauty of the Lake Chad Wetlands, Bornu is one of the most unique of Nigeria's states.
	www.afrione.com /nigeria/states/contents/borno.htm (68 words)

	AfricanAmericanBud.com
		Finally Idris conquered the Bulala, establishing dominion over the Kanem-Bornu empire and a peace lasting half a century.
		The histories of Kanem and Bornu are so intertwined that the two central Sudan states can be considered one great civilization that endured for a thousand years.
		Yet for two centuries before Idris Alooma became Mai (sultan) of Bornu, Kanem was a separate land whose people had been driven out by their nomadic cousins, the Bulala.
	www.africanamericanbud.com /page.asp?p=105 (170 words)

	NIGERIA History
		Thus, we have big political entities covering large areas such as Benin Empire, Kanem Bornu Empire, Sokoto Caliphate, Oyo Empire just to mention a few.
		These empires had established contact with one another as well as people of other areas through trading activities.
		The country, Nigeria, came into existence in 1914 when the northern and southern protectorates were amalgamated to form one country.
	academic.algonquincollege.com /students/nels0067/NIGERIAhistory.htm (261 words)

	Chad . French language . Population density . List of countries by population . 1996 . Chad . Muslim
		Chad was controlled by some weak local kingdoms until it was overtaken by the larger, but still completely African Kanem-Bornu Empire.
		It lasted until 1996, at which time a constitution was written and Idriss Déby was elected president.
		Linguists typically divide the languages spoken in medieval France into three geographical subgroups: Langue d Oïl and Langue d Oc being the major...
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Chad (603 words)

	Fur people - Biocrawler definition:Fur people - Biocrawler
		They speak Fur, a Nilo-Saharan language branch, and are Muslims, having adopted the religion following the region's conquest by the Kanem-Bornu Empire during the Middle Ages.
		Some of them have come to speak Arabic in recent years.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Fur_people (297 words)

	Countries: Nigeria
		In the early 19th century, Usman dan Independence From the United Fodio brought most areas in the north Ê- Date Kingdom October 1, 1960 under the loose control of an Islamic Currency Naira empire centered in Sokoto.
		Time zone UTC +1 The kingdoms of Oyo in the southwest, Arise Oh and Benin is the southeast both National anthem Compatriots, devoloped elaborate systems of Nigeria's Call Obey political organization in the 16th and 17th centuries.
		Major cities include the capital Abuja, Lagos, Abeokuta, Ibadan, Port Harcourt.
	www.morelawinfo.com /Countries/Nigeria.shtml (805 words)

	Nigeria is a country in West Africa West Africa It...
		"Main article: History of Nigeria History of Nigeria" The Kanem-Bornu Empire Kanem-Bornu Empire near Lake Chad Lake Chad dominated northern Nigeria for over 600 years, prospering as a terminal of north-south trade between North African Berber Berbers and forest people.
		In the early 19th century, Usman dan Fodio Usman dan Fodio brought most areas in the north under the loose control of an Islamic empire centered in Sokoto.
		The kingdoms of Oyo Oyo in the southwest, and Benin Benin in the southeast both devoloped elaborate systems of political organization in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
	www.biodatabase.de /Nigeria (1276 words)

	Find in a Library: The Kanuri of Bornu.
		Kanuri (African people) -- Nigeria -- Bornu State.
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		The Songhay Empire sent us the sun, which drenched
		The Fruit of Islam was summoned and called to attention - the wind was calm.
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