Kanem in a sentence

Collier 1990 p. 15 Group of Kanem-Bu warriors By the end of the 14th century, internal struggles and external attacks had torn Kanem apart.

Kanem, however, called on national and local governments, law enforcement, criminal justice systems and human rights organisations to redouble efforts to identify and report trafficking by bringing perpetrators to justice as well as supporting survivors.

Although vegetation holds the dunes in place in the Kanem region, farther north they are bare and have a fluid, rippling character.

By the late 16th century the Bornu empire had expanded and recaptured the parts of Kanem that had been conquered by the Bulala.sfn Satellite states of Bornu included the Damagaram in the west and Baguirmi to the southeast of Lake Chad.

Concurrently the Saifawa Dynasty of Borno conquered Kanem and extended control west to Hausa cities not under Songhai authority.

Dynastic feuds degenerated into civil war, and Kanem's outlying peoples soon ceased paying tribute.

Foundation of the new capital Njimi When the ruling dynasty changed, the royal establishment abandoned its capital of Manan and settled in the new capital Njimi further south of Kanem (the word for "south" in the Teda language ).

Hausa kingdoms and the Kanem-Bornu Empire prospered as trade posts between North and West Africa.

Hoggar ) to the town of "Organa" ("ciutat organa", variously identified as Kanem or Ouargla or possibly even a misplaced depiction of Ghana - long defunct, but, on the other hand, contemporaneous with the depicted Abu Bakr).

Kanem arose by engaging in the trans-Saharan trade.

Kanem-Bornu under Aluma was strong and wealthy.

Kanem expanded westward to include the area that became Borno.

Kanem reached its peak under Mai (king) Dunama Dibalemi ibn Salma (1210–1248).

The intensity of scholar discussions around this theory proves that the question hasn't been solved yet, and we must be very cautious concerning early formation of Kanem-Bornu.

The Kanem-Bornu Empire controlled almost all of what is today Chad.

The mai employed his mounted bodyguard and an inchoate army of nobles to extend Kanem's authority into Borno.

The mai (king) of Kanem and his court accepted Islam in the 11th century, as the western empires also had done.

The need to protect its commercial interests compelled Borno to intervene in Kanem, which continued to be a theater of war throughout the 15th century and into the 16th century.

The Saharan region covers roughly the northern half of the country, including Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture along with the northern parts of Kanem, Batha, and Biltine prefectures.

This oddity arises because the great stationary dunes (ergs) of the Kanem region create a dam, preventing lake waters from flowing to the basin's lowest point.