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Khartoumb: 1400 to 1900: Africa
From March 12, 1884, until January 26, 1885, the city of Khartoum in central Sudan was besieged by an army of religiously motivated warriors who followed the call of Muhammad Ahmad. He was proclaimed the Mahdi, or messiah, uniting the tribes of Sudan ...
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