The Kingdom of Nubia: Modern Day Sudan

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Sudan, in ancient times was the kingdom of Nubia. Nubia was Egyptian, ruled around 2600 B.C. Sudan has had quite a diverse and interesting past shaping the country to what we now call Sudan. From the civil, war of the National Islamic Front and the People’s Liberation Army to the discovery of oil. Southern and Northern Sudan is rich in history, culture, and population diversity. I picked Sudan to learn more about my friends, and to put meaning to what they went through as United State refugees. We will look at Sudan’s History, culture, and population to better understate the country to date. Sudan’s history starting around 2600 was the kingdom of Nubia. The Nubian civilization was the Kursh, and that civilization prospered up to 350 A.D when Christion missionaries converted the region to the Christen faith in the 6th century. Arabs at this time had already conquered Egypt and eventually gained control of the area replacing Christianity with their own Muslim faith. In the 1500s people called the Funj conquered most of Sudan; Including the Dinka, Shilluk, Nuer, and Azande. In 1874, the Egyptians reconquered Sudan, ruling it for the next eight years until 1882 when Britain occupied Egypt taking over Sudan in 1898 running the country in conjunction with Egypt becoming known as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan for the next fifty seven years. From 1898 through 1955, the Anglo-Egyptian saw the growing Sudanese nationalists, and in 1953, Anglo-Egyptian granted the Sudanese self-government. On January 1, 1956, the beginning of Sudanese independence was recognized Egypt and Britain. (The Middle East, 2013) (CIA, 2013) Page 2 of ? After the withdraw of Egypt and Britain, Sudan has been run by a number rickety / unstable government groups and milit... ... middle of paper ... ...er the years. Page 4 The languages most spoken are Arabic, English, Dinka, Nuer, Bari and ZandeI. The linguistic and ethnic diversity makes the Sudanese culture one of the most complex in the world. The main religions of the Sudanese are Islam and Christianity. Islam, which has spread widely through northern Sudan and Christianity, was spread to the South. Looking at the map to the right, you will see Islam being the number one, Christianity is number two, and Animism is the number three religion in either Sudan or South Sudan. The Sudanese population is 34,847,910 that breaks down as, 0-14 years: 41.4% male 7,337,924/female 7,104,702, 15-24 years: 20% male 3,596,729/female 3,376,682, 25-54 years: 31.4% male 5,316,659/female 5,639,494, 55-64 years: 3.8% male 711,596/female 620,962, and 65 years and over: 3.3% male 629,312/female 513,850. (CIA, 2013) (CNN, 2013)

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