Africa

By raycrooms
  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to Jan 1, 1100

    Ghana

  • Period: Jan 1, 800 to Jan 1, 1550

    Mali

  • Period: Apr 1, 1300 to

    Songhai

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Exploration of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1487

    Age of exploration

    The age of exploration was a time where europeans like portugal and spain explored to find new routes to asia and india. They searched for a new route because the italians controlled there only KNOWN route, the mediterranian sea.
  • Period: Apr 1, 1500 to

    Atlantic Slave Trade

  • Asante Kingdom

    The asante kingdom was located around present day ghana. The asante kingdom started to find succes under military leader Osei Tutu who lead them in conquering neigboring places like Kumasi and Denkyera to strengthen there kingdom. They also played a big part in gold and slave trade in this area.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

    The Industial Revolution was a time when people started to use machines powered by water or steam to help mass production provide jobs for thousands of people. A good example of this is arkwrights water frame which was a big step in this revolution.

  • Arkwrights Water Frame

    Arkwrights Water Frame Was a water powered machine that sped up the production of treads and fabric and also created some of thefirst modern day like factories which created thousands of jobs.

  • The Origin Of Species

    The orgin of species is a study that charles darwin published trying to prove that every living thing including humans changes or adapts over the span of millions of years. After years of studying and reaserch on the matter.

  • Social Darwinism/ Survival of the fittest

    Survival of the fittest is the idea of Charles Darwin that species had to fight for survival which killed of weaker speciecs with less desiraable traits and caused desireable traits and stronger species to reproduce. Social Darwinisim is that same thought appliedto human social situations like war causing weaker nations to fall and showing the strength of others.
  • Period: to

    The Partition of africa

    The partition of africa was the dividing up and the conquering of african territories.