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Kanem-Bornu Kingdom

Type Event Region Africa Time 1111–1120

In the early 11th century, the Kanem kingdom in the Lake Chad basin under the Sayfawa dynasty maintained a strong central government with Njimi as ca…

Timeline

  1. 1111–1115Njimi · Lake Chad basinSayfawa monarchs governed farming and pastoral settlements around Lake Chad through court bureaucracy, cavalry, and religious authority, maintaining taxation and distribution of salt, cattle, and slave trade.
  2. 1115–1120Lake Chad basin · Lake Chad basinThe kingdom relied on lake fisheries, pastoralism, and north-south trade routes, drawing peoples such as the Kanuri into its ruling network, while Islamic scholars and merchants grew in influence at court.

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