Shilluk Kingdom and the White Nile Frontier
1500 CE – 1820 CE2 events
Upper Nile's early modern history is best framed through the Shilluk kingdom, riverine authority at Fashoda, and a White Nile frontier that connected the south to Sennar and Ethiopia.
Key Events
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Shilluk Kingdom Consolidates at Fashoda
1560 CEAlso in Nile Valley
Along the upper White Nile, the Shilluk polity consolidates under reth (sacral kings) with its political center near Fas...
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Funj-Shilluk Frontier Warfare
1680 CEAlso in Nile Valley
Shilluk expansion along the White Nile and Funj claims farther north help produce a contested frontier between Fashoda a...
Turkiyya, Fashoda, and Imperial Frontiers
1821 CE – 1899 CE2 events
Greater Upper Nile in War and Secession
1955 CE – Present9 events