Uthman dan Fodio and the Sokoto Caliphate

خلافة سوكوتو

Sokoto, Nigeria

The Fulani scholar Uthman dan Fodio established the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa, the largest state on the continent. His reformist movement against syncretistic practices profoundly shaped the religious character of West Africa.

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Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt

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