| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_region 
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                                | gptkbp:colonizedBy | gptkb:Britain gptkb:France
 gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
 
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                                | gptkbp:extendsTo | gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Red_Sea
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasPart | gptkb:Sahel Savanna
 
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                                | gptkbp:includesKingdom | gptkb:Wadai_Empire gptkb:Darfur_Sultanate
 gptkb:Kingdom_of_Ghana
 gptkb:Kingdom_of_Mali
 gptkb:Kingdom_of_Songhai
 gptkb:Sultanate_of_Bagirmi
 gptkb:Kanem-Bornu_Empire
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Islam African traditions
 Arab culture
 
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                                | gptkbp:inhabitedBy | various African ethnic groups 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | ancient kingdoms trans-Saharan trade routes
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageSpoken | gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Manding
 Dinka
 Hausa
 Nuer
 Fulani
 Kanuri
 Songhai
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Africa 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedSouthOf | gptkb:Sahara_Desert 
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                                | gptkbp:majorCity | gptkb:Benin gptkb:Burkina_Faso
 gptkb:Cameroon
 gptkb:Central_African_Republic
 gptkb:Chad
 gptkb:Eritrea
 gptkb:Ethiopia
 gptkb:Gambia
 gptkb:Ghana
 gptkb:Guinea
 gptkb:Ivory_Coast
 gptkb:Liberia
 gptkb:Mali
 gptkb:Mauritania
 gptkb:Niger
 gptkb:Nigeria
 gptkb:Senegal
 gptkb:Sierra_Leone
 gptkb:South_Sudan
 gptkb:Sudan
 gptkb:Togo
 gptkb:Guinea-Bissau
 
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                                | gptkbp:northOf | gptkb:Equator 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCity | gptkb:Jenne gptkb:Khartoum
 gptkb:El_Fasher
 gptkb:Niani
 gptkb:Sennar
 gptkb:Kukawa
 gptkb:Bagirmi
 gptkb:Koumbi_Saleh
 gptkb:Wadai
 gptkb:Zinder
 gptkb:Gao
 gptkb:Darfur
 gptkb:Kordofan
 Kano
 Omdurman
 Timbuktu
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Islam
 gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
 
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                                | gptkbp:tradedOn | gptkb:gold gptkb:livestock
 gptkb:salt
 ivory
 slaves
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Moscow_Time 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sudan (historically) 
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