6 ATLASES
History of South Sudan in maps
South Sudan as it appears in 6 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 2015: South Sudan, Southern Sudan. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was South Sudan before it was South Sudan? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
South Sudan · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Southern Sudan · Haiti and Kenya independence
Southern Sudan belonged to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium created in 1899. Britain governed it in practice and administered the south separately from the Arab north. On 1 January 1956 Sudan became the first of Kenya’s neighbors to gain independence, but civil war between north and south had already begun.
| Other states and societies — the opening position | |
| Under colonial rule | |
| Other states and societies |
HAITI AND KENYA INDEPENDENCE: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
South Sudan · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
South Sudan · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
South Sudan · Decolonization of Africa
| British-ruled — the opening position | |
| Independent Africa |
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
South Sudan (part of Sudan until 2011) · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Partial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition | |
| No reform yet / outside this story |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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