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Bornu polity
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ca. 1256-1893. Location: around Lake Chad, present-day Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, with a remnant of the old empire continuing to exist as the Borno Emirate in Nigeria, based in Maiduguri.
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Borno Empire
Bornou Empire
Bornu Empire
Fika Emirate
Kanem-Borno Empire
Kanem-Bornu Empire
Broader terms
West African polities
Subject category
09.01.02 NAMED POLITIES
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