Country Sudan, their brief history and states; chronology.

History of the countries

Kush	8 century BC - 4 century AD
Makuria	6 century AD - 14 century AD
Sultanate of Darfur	14 century AD - 1874
Funj sultanate of Sinnar	16 century AD - 1822
Aksumite Empire	2 century AD - 13 century AD
…	- 1500
Caliphate of Cairo	973 - 1517
Mahdist State	1881 - 1898
Sudan	1899 - 1936
Republic of Sudan	1956 - 1969
Democratic Republic of Sudan	1969 - 1985
Republic of Sudan	1985 - ....