History:
Did you now that Sudan was inhabited at least 60,000 years ago? A settled culture was made around 8000 BC. The people lived in fortified villages. They hunted and fished. Also they grain gathered and had cattle herding. Sudan was known to the Egyptians as Kush. Sudan had strong cultural and religious ties with Egypt. In the 8th century BC, Kush came under the rule of an aggressive line of monarchs. They ruled from the capital city of Napata. The monarchs gradually brought their influence to Egypt. In about 750 BC, a Kushite king called Kashta conquered Upper Egypt and became ruler of Thebes.
Spread of Islam:
Islam progressed in the area over a long period of time through intermarriage and contacts with Arab merchants and settlers. In 1093, a Muslim prince of Nubian royal blood ascended the throne of Dunqulah as king.
The two most important Arabic-speaking groups to emerge in Nubia were the Jaali and the Juhayna. Both showed physical continuity with the indigenous pre-Islamic population. Today's northern Sudanese culture combines Nubian and Arabic elements.
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