Editing History of Sudan (section)

=== Eastern Sudan ===
In eastern Sudan, the [[Butana Group]] appears around 4000 BC. These people produced simple decorated pottery, lived in round huts and were most likely herdsmen, hunters, but also consumed land snails and there is evidence for some agriculture.<ref>Andrea Manzo (2017): ''Eastern Sudan in its Setting, The archaeology of a region far from the Nile Valley'', Archaeopress, {{ISBN|9781784915582}}, 22-27 [http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp?id=%7B8051E498-158B-4217-8288-BD6DA9FB5ECC%7D online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126194148/http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp%3Fid%3D%257B8051E498-158B-4217-8288-BD6DA9FB5ECC%257D |date=26 January 2020 }}</ref>
The [[Gash Group]] started around 3000 BC and is another prehistory culture known from several places. These people produced decorated pottery and lived from farming and cattle breeding. [[Mahal Teglinos]] was an important place about 10 hectare large. In the center were excavated mud brick built houses. Seals and seal impressions attest a higher level of administration. Burials in an elite cemetery were marked with rough tomb stones.<ref>Manzo (2017): ''Eastern Sudan in its Setting, The archaeology of a region far from the Nile Valley'', 33-42 [http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp?id=%7B8051E498-158B-4217-8288-BD6DA9FB5ECC%7D online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126194148/http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp%3Fid%3D%257B8051E498-158B-4217-8288-BD6DA9FB5ECC%257D |date=26 January 2020 }}</ref> In the second millennium followed the [[Jebel Mokram Group]]. They produced pottery with simple incised decoration and lived in simple round huts. Cattle breeding was most likely the economical base.<ref>Manzo (2017): ''Eastern Sudan in its Setting, The archaeology of a region far from the Nile Valley'', 43-48 [http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp?id=%7B8051E498-158B-4217-8288-BD6DA9FB5ECC%7D online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126194148/http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/download.asp%3Fid%3D%257B8051E498-158B-4217-8288-BD6DA9FB5ECC%257D |date=26 January 2020 }}</ref>