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Sudan

Sudan. Answer the following question in your notes:. Imagine you are coming to America for the first time and have no knowledge of American society - what aspects of American culture would surprise or confuse you most? Why?. Sudan. Kingdom of Kush (8 th century BC-4 th century AD).

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Sudan

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  1. Sudan

  2. Answer the following question in your notes: Imagine you are coming to America for the first time and have no knowledge of American society - what aspects of American culture would surprise or confuse you most? Why?

  3. Sudan

  4. Kingdom of Kush(8th century BC-4th century AD) • Formed along Blue and White Nile Rivers • Strengthened after the New Kingdom of Egypt • Capital: KermaMeroe • 1st in the world to use iron smelting technology

  5. Christianity and Islam • 540 AD: Christian missionaries sent by Empress Theodora • 7th century: transition to majority Islam through Arab conquests • 1093: 1stArab/Nubian native Muslim prince • 16th century: Ottoman Empire • 1890s: Joint British and Egyptian rule • 1956: Sudanese independence

  6. 1983-Present • 1983-2005: 2nd Sudanese Civil War – Islamic north vs. Christian and Anamist south (Dinka) • Janjaweed: Islamic military rebel group - genocide against Christians and Animists • 1989: Omar al-Bashir military coup – Islamic legal code, persecuted political opponents • Estimated 2 million perished • 2011: South Sudan independence

  7. The Lost Boys of Sudan • Lost Boys of Sudan: 20,000 boys of Nuer and Dinka ethnic groups displaced and orphaned by Second Sudanese Civil War • Fled on foot from southern Sudan Ethiopia Kenya • Since 2001, 3,000 airlifted to the US • Documentary: Lost Boys of Sudan (2003) – 2 Dinka boys’ (Peter and Santino) journey from Kenyan refugee camps to the US

  8. What is the What (2006)Dave Eggars and Valentino Achak Deng

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