The Sudanese states and empires as well as the Eastern and Southern African states and kingdoms have many different historical and geographical issues. These issues relate to the topic of historical development, trading issues, war and persecution, and the spreading and influencing of religion throughout Africa. Both in the Sudanese states and empires and Eastern and Southern African states and kingdoms, “European powers have interrupted historical tendencies toward national development in Africa” (Khapoya, 1994, 85). Because of the invasion of European settlement and colonization, the Sudanese states and empires as well as the Eastern and Southern African states and kingdoms are greatly affected in their history of trading and growth. In the
