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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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Publisher: London : Duckworth
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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frightened my horse, so that he verynearly bolted with me into the midst of the noisycrowd, who prepared to snatch up their wares andrun. The history of the ancient kingdom of Bornu datesback to the twelfth century. At that time it wasthe most southerly province of the vast kingdomof Kanem, which was bounded on the North byFezzan, on the East by the Nile, and on the Southby the district now known as Dikoa. For manycenturies Bornu was the scene of continual wars andinsurrections, and its prosperity received its death-blow with Rabehs invasion. Coming from the Eastin 1892, the latter rapidly laid waste the flourishingcountries on both sides of the river. It was Rabeh who restored the ancient town ofDikoa, making it his headquarters; its populationgrew to over 100,000, and it eclipsed all the townsfrom the Senegal to the Nile. During the years 1893and 1894 the Tchad district was divided betweenthe three great colonising powers : England, France,and Germany. The French extended their out-
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136. A corner in Gulfei.

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