WWW-VL: History: Sudan History

Research Tools

Maps
- Main Maps
  - Shaded relief [280k]
  - Political [210k]
  - Sudan Regional Map
  - Sudan National Geographic Map
  - Sudan Administrative Map
  - Sudan Vegetation Map
  - Soudan, from Atlas Universalis
- Other Maps, including satellite and aerial photographs
  - Juba [910k]
  - Khartoum [1Mb]
  - Kalakai [808k]
  - Wau [1Mb]
  - Sudan: Roads and settlements , from ReliefWeb & United Nations
  - Civil War Since 1983
  - Sudan-Nubia Map of Archaeological Sites, from the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
- Gazetteers
  - Locations of Towns and Cities, getty.edu

Language
- The Languages of Sudan, from Ethnologue
- Arabic
  - Arabic Language Gateway
  - Arabic, from Babel
  - Maktoob Arabic-English Dictionary
  - Other On-Line Dctionaries
  - Aprendre Arabique
  - Learn Arabic [excellent multi-media on-line course]
  - Download Akhbar MT True Type Fonts
  - Download Unicode Fonts
  - Link List for Arabic Fonts, MSN
- Other Languages
  - The Nuba Mountains: Who Spoke What in 1976?, by Herman Bell, from Sudanic Africa
  - Kordofanian languages , wikipedia
  - Nuba Language: the Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning Program, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Peace Education Program
Reference Works
- Sudan: World Factbook 2006, CIA
- Sudan, from Country Reports
- Sudan. A Country Study, from LOC
- Sudan Background Notes, from the US Department of State
- Sudan, Arab.Net
- Search the Columbia Encyclopedia 6th ed., from Bartleby.com
- Human Rights Watch: Sudan
- Sudan, from UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
- Sudan Information, USCRI
- Human Development Report, from the United Nations Development Progamme
- Heads of State and Prime Ministers, 1956-, from World Leaders
- Rulers of Traditional States of Sudan
- Provinces of the Egyptian Sudan,1821-1889
Bibliography
- Gateways and Guides
  - Sudanese Search Engines, from Colossus
  - Sudanese On-Line Links
  - Web Sites on Sudan, from BUBL
  - The Sudan Page, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
  - Sudanese Government on the Web
  - Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan, and Permanent Mission to the UN, Vienna
  - Political Resources on the Web
  - French Government Sudan View, France Diplomatie [English version]
- Journals
  - Sudanic Africa. A Journal of Historical Sources [TOCs and some articles]
  - Addaraweesh Magazine [in Arabic]
  - The Ahfad Journal: Women and Change [TOCs on-line, 1996-2001]
  - Sudanese Alternative Discourses, 3 vols., 1996
- Publishers and Book Dealers
  - Titles from the Sudan: African Imprint Library Services, [US based]
Demography, Biography and Genealogy
- Demography
  - The Peoples of Sudan, from Sudan 101
- Collective Biography
  - Past And Present Sudanese Leaders Profiled, sudan.net
- Individual Biographies
  - Omar Hassan A. Al-Bashier, Sudan President, 2006
  - Ismail Al-Azhari, Sudan's founding Prime Minister, 1902 - 1969
Materials
- On-Line Texts and Document Collections
  - The Constitution of the Republic of Sudan (Autorized English Version) Adopted June 1988, sudan.net
  - The Constitution of the Republic of Sudan (Arab Version) Adopted June 1988, sudan.net
  - Draft Constitution of Sudan, 2005, sudan.net
  - The Khartoum Peace Agreement, 27 April 1997
  - Sudanese Foreign Policy: Fundamentals and Objectives and the Means of Achieving Them, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Sudan, April 1998
  - In-Depth Coverage of Sudan, from Yahoo Daily News
  - The Sudan Writers' Page
- Images
  - Photos from Africa 1937: Somalia, Sudan
  - Aerial View of Khartoum (Blue and White Nile)
- Sound
- Organizations
  - Research Centers
    - 21 years of Sudanese and Sufi History at Bergen, 1972-93. A note on research and resources, by Anders Bjørkelo, R.S. O'Fahey and Knut S.Vikør
    - Heinrich-Barth-Institut für Archäologie und Geschichte Afrikas an der Universität zu Köln
    - Archaeo-Africa
  - Universities
    - Afhad University for Women
    - University of Khartoum
  - Scholarly Societies
    - Sudan Studies Association
    - Sudan Studies Association of the United Kingdom
  - Associations
    - The Sudanese Islamic Association
    - Friends of Southern Sudan International
    - Sudan: FCNL, Friends Committee on National Legislation
  - Funding Institutions
- Timelines
  - Governors of the Egyptian Sudan, 1821-1889
  - Governors of Provinces of the Egyptian Sudan, 1821-1889
  - Rulers of the Traditional States (Taqali, Darfur, Dar al-Masalit, Dar Qimr, Funj, Shilluk)
  - The Mahdist State, 1881-1898
  - Leaders of Anglo-Sudan, 1896-1955
  - Leaders of Sudan, 1920-
  - Leaders of the Sudan, 1956-1989 [scroll down]
  - Lado Enclave, 1892-1910 [scroll down]
  - Leaders of Southern Sudan, 1967-
  - Sudan Timeline
- History
  - Surveys and Overviews
    - Sudan: A Historical Perspective, sudan.net
  - Prehistoric
    - Besiedlungsgeschichte der Ost-Sahara, from the University of Cologne
  - Ancient. Nubia, Meroe, Kush
    - The Afroasiatic Index Project, from the Oriental Institute
    - Early History. The Nubia
    - AncientAfrica's Black Kingdoms. Nubia and Kush
    - Accounts of Meröe, Kush and Axum in Ancient Authors, c. 430 BC-550 AD, from The Internet Sourcebook
    - Twenty-Fifth Dynasty. The Kingdom of Kush, from the Baobab Project
    - King Taharka's Reign (720-660 BC), from the Baobab Project
    - The Royal Shawabtis of King Taharka, from the Baobab Project
    - The Black Athena Debate
      - Black Athena-The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilisation - Volume I: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985, by Martin Bernal (1991), reviewd by Orhan Kologlu, in Perceptions. Journal of International Affairs (1997)
      - Afrocentrism and Two Historical Models for the Foundation of Ancient Greece, by David O'Connor
      - The "Black Athena" Debate. Introduction and Overview, by Grisso
      - The Black Athena Debate, from H-GIG (1997)
      - Black Athena Ten Years After: Towards a Constructive Reassessment, by Wim van Binsbergen, from Talanta, 1996-1997
    - The Nubian Salvage Project, an exhibition from the Oriental Institute
    - The Nile's Other Kingdom, by Scott MacLeod, from The Arts/Archaeology, 1997
    - Sudan History. Nubia
  - Medieval
  - 16th Century
  - 17th Century
  - 18th Century
    - The Sudanese Travels of Theodor Krump, 1700-1702, by Jay Spaulding (1974)
  - 19th Century
    - Henry Solomon Wellcome and the Sudan, By Ahmed Awad Abdel-Hameed Adeel
    - The Holy War of Umar Tal: the Western Sudan in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, 1854-1864, by David Robinson (Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1985}
    - 19 janvier 1899. Condominium anglo-égyptien sur le Soudan
  - 20th Century
    - British Policy And Mission Education In The Southern Sudan, 1928-1946 by David Sconyers, University of Pennsylvania Carrie Books
    - "Green Is The Color of the Masters": The Legacy of Slavery and the Crisis of National Identity in Modern Sudan, by Francis M. Deng, Yale University [.pdf file]
    - Map of the War Zone
    - Sudan's War, a struggle over oil, by Tim Hector
    - Arab Racism And Imperialism In Sudan (Africa), by Pianke Nubianem
    - Major Sudanese Political Parties [Note: All political parties were banned since July 1989], sudan.net
    - Systematic depopulation of Southern Sudan, address by Deng Dongrin Akuany, 1993, to UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations
    - Education in the Sudan (on the 1992 student disturbances at Khartoum University)
    - Soudan en 1995 [in French]
    - The War Against the Nuba
    - The Khartoum Peace Agreement, 27 April 1997 [.pdf file]
    - Dinka in Sudan Loss of Culturally Vital Cattle Leaves Dinka Tribe Adrift in Refugee Camps (1998), from the Washington Post
    - The Southern Sudan Problem and the Prospects of Peace, papers of a conference held 26 April 1998 by the Sudan Foundation
    - Making Famine in Sudan by David Keene, author of The Benefits of Famine gives the history surrounding the crisis in southern Sudan, 1998
    - U.S.-led team ends first mission of investigating slavery and abductions in Sudan, from The New York Times, Apiil 2002
    - On the Atrocities in Sudan by Elie Wiesel, Darfur Emergency Summit, July 14, 2004, CUNY
    - America's Sudan Strategy Has Changed--for The Worse: All Quiet, by Eric Reeves, 27 Oct 2005, The National Review Online
    - "All About Darfur" Film Documentary, Review, Dec. 2006, sudan.net
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