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Bornu-Kanem

polity · 1279 AD–1879 AD

Bornu-Kanem, a polity recorded 1279 AD–1879 AD: 9 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1279 AD–1299 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1279 ADReligion: sunni.
1300 AD–1491 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1300 ADReligion: sunni.
1492 AD–1499 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1492 ADReligion: sunni.
1500 AD–1529 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1500 ADReligion: sunni.
1530 AD–1599 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1530 ADReligion: sunni.
1600 AD–1649 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1600 ADReligion: sunni.
1650 AD–1699 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 ADReligion: sunni.
1700 AD–1814 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1700 ADReligion: sunni.
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 ADReligion: sunni.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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