The Berlin Conference and the Fall of the Mahdist State

The Berlin Conference partitioned Africa, but what happened to the states that fought back? The Mahdist State in Sudan posed a unique challenge: a theocratic empire that had already crushed the British in 1885. After the conference, Britain and Egypt moved to reclaim Sudan, leading to the 1898 Battle of Omdurman where the Maxim gun, the Nile flotilla, and Anglo-Egyptian firepower annihilated the Mahdist army. This episode follows the campaign of Herbert Kitchener, the slow advance up the Nile, the construction of a railway across the desert, and the final confrontation that killed over 10,000 Mahdists in a single morning. We also confront the controversy of the 'wounded' order and the desecration of the Mahdi's tomb. How did a conference in Berlin set the stage for the destruction of one of Africa's most powerful post-colonial states? #BerlinConference #MahdistState #BattleofOmdurman #HerbertKitchener #MaximGun #Sudan #AbdallahiibnMuhammad #Khartoum #GordonofKhartoum #AngloEgyptianSudan #NileCampaign #FexingoHistory #ScrambleForAfrica #ColonialWarfare #19thCentury #MilitaryHistory #SudanHistory #Battleof1898 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo