This edition has been fully revised to cover the most recent developments that have occurred in Sudan over the last 9 years, including the crisis in Darfur. It covers the decades-long civil war in the South, & the emergence of the Sudan as an oil-producer & exporter, & its resulting higher profile in global economic affairs.

Includes maps of: Sudan - Physical and Tribal; Funj Dominions and Neighboring Territories; Egyptian Sudan; Mahdist State; Modern Sudan.

Introduction: the land and the people -- The eastern Bilad al-Sudan in the Middle Ages -- The eastern Bilad al-Sudan from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century -- The inauguration of the Turco-Egyptian Régime: 1820-25 -- Settlement and stagnation : 1825-62 -- The era of Khedive Isma'il: 1863-81 -- The Mahdist revolution: 1881-85 -- The reign of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi: 1885-98 -- Pacification and consolidation: 1899-1913 -- Revolt and reaction: 1914-36 -- The development of Sudanese nationalism: 1937-52 -- The achievement of independence, 1953-56 -- Parliamentary and military government: 1956-69 -- The era of Jaafar Nimeiri: 1969-85 -- The transitional government and the third parliamentary régime: 1985-89 -- The national Islamic front in power, 1989-99 -- The Sudan and the new millennium.