Bahr al-Ghazal

Malual, Rek, Agar, Gok, Twic Dinka, Fertit, Bongo, Ndogo, Kreish, Jur

Bahr al-Ghazal Before the Turkiyya

13000 BCE 1820 CE1 event

Bahr al-Ghazal's history begins in its own basin of cattle, wetlands, and local political worlds. External powers mattered, but they usually arrived through traders, raiders, and migrants rather than direct state control.

Key Events

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Bahr al-Ghazal Dinka sections consolidate across the basin
1750 CE

By the eighteenth century, communities later identified as the Bahr al-Ghazal Dinka had consolidated across both the ric...