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Sudan is conquered by Turkey and Egypt
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From the mid-1800s, foreign traders encouraged hostile tribal groups to raid each other for treasure including ivory and slaves.
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Rebellion against the Turkish-Egyptian administration.
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The British invade Sudan.
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An Islamic state is founded in Sudan.
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Sudan is governed by British-Egyptian rule.
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In the 1920s a series of laws, the Closed Districts Ordinances placed tight controls on access to the South.
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Southerners were not represented at the 1953 Cairo Conference on self-rule, on the grounds that they had "no party or organization.
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Revolt and start of the civil war.
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Sudan gains Independance.
