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Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of Egypt, dies. Egypt becomes part of Rome.
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Carthage becomes independent. It grows into one of the most powerful cities on the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Kingdom of the Kongo rises to power in Central Africa. It will rule until the 1900s when it is colonized by Portugal.
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A trading city called great zimbabwe founded by bantu speaker .
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The Songhai Empire comes into power in Western Africa under the leadership of Sunni Ali.
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The Atlantic slave trade begins shipping slaves to the Americas. Around 12 million slaves will be shipped to the Americas over the next 400 years.
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Europeans began colonizing the Americans
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Invaders from Morocco take control of the Songhai cities of Timbuktu and Gao.
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Europeans power came to rule north africa
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Europeans looked to Africa to build more colonies
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European nation spread thier empires into africa
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The british outlawed slavery in 1833 and helped fight the slave trade .
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The Second Boer War begins in South Africa between the Boers and the British.
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Europeans countries had colonized nearly all of Africa
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South Africa gained independence from britian in 1910
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Egypt gained independence in 1922 , but britain continued to rule the country .
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Most of the region gained independence in the 1950
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Gamal Abdel nasser overthrew the government and seized control of egypt
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Nearly all of the colonices of west and central africa became independent nations
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In Algeria , the majority resisted French rule went to war , and won inependence in 1962
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Egypt built a dam across the Nile river called the Aswan High Dam
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Apartheid comes to an end in South Africa.
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All races in the south Africa voted together and Mandela became presdent
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The Bantu peoples begin to migrate south into central and southern Africa.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is built.
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The first pyramid of Egypt, the Pyramid of Djoser, is constructed.
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Egypt is first united under Menes, the first pharaoh of Egypt.
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People begin to farm along the Nile River in Egypt.