700 Establishments - States and Territories Established in 700, Kanem Empire, Emmerich Am Rhein, Beverley Grammar School (Paperback)

Chapters: States and Territories Established in 700, Kanem Empire, Emmerich Am Rhein, Beverley Grammar School. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Kanem Empire (ca. 700 - 1376) was located in the present countries of Chad and Libya. At its height it encompassed an area covering not only much of Chad, but also parts of southern Libya (Fezzan) and eastern Niger. The history of the Empire is mainly known from the Royal Chronicle or Girgam discovered in 1851 by the German traveller Heinrich Barth. The empire of Kanem began forming around AD 700 under the nomadic Tebu-speaking Zaghawa. According to the Girgam, the Zaghawa were forced southwest towards the fertile lands around Lake Chad by political pressure and desiccation in their former range. The area already possessed independent, walled city-states belonging to the So culture. Under the leadership of the Duguwa dynasty, the Zaghawa would eventually dominate the So, but not before adopting many of their customs. War between the two continued up to the late 16th century. One theory proposes that the lost state of Agisymba (mentioned by Ptolemy in the middle of the 2nd century AD) was the antecedent of the Kanem Empire. Kanem was located at the southern end of the trans-Saharan trade route between Tripoli and the region of Lake Chad. The Zaghawa eventually abandoned their nomadic lifestyle and founded a capital around 700 AD under the first documented Zaghawa king ("mai") known as Sef of Saif. The capital of N'jimi (the word for "south" in the Teda language) grew in power and influence under Sef's son, Dugu. This transition marked the beginning of the Duguwa Dynasty. The mais of the Duguwa were regarded as divine kings and belonged to the ruling establishment known as the Magumi. Despite changes...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10968970