Africa Timetoast !

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    Cleopatra VII

    Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of Egypt, dies. Egypt becomes part of Rome.
  • 650

    Carthage

    Carthage becomes independent. It grows into one of the most powerful cities on the Mediterranean Sea.
  • 1300

    The kingdom of the kongo

    The Kingdom of the Kongo rises to power in Central Africa. It will rule until the 1900s when it is colonized by Portugal.
  • 1400

    Tradeing city

    A trading city called great zimbabwe founded by bantu speaker .
  • 1464

    The Songhai Empire

    The Songhai Empire comes into power in Western Africa under the leadership of Sunni Ali.
  • 1500

    The Atlantic slave

    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.
  • 1500

    Europeans

    Europeans began colonizing the Americans

  • Invaders from Morocco

    Invaders from Morocco take control of the Songhai cities of Timbuktu and Gao.

  • North Africa

    Europeans power came to rule north africa

  • Europeans

    Europeans looked to Africa to build more colonies

  • Africa

    European nation spread thier empires into africa

  • Slavery

    The british outlawed slavery in 1833 and helped fight the slave trade .

  • The Second Boer War

    The Second Boer War begins in South Africa between the Boers and the British.

  • Colonized africa

    Europeans countries had colonized nearly all of Africa

  • South Africa

    South Africa gained independence from britian in 1910

  • Egypt

    Egypt gained independence in 1922 , but britain continued to rule the country .

  • Independence !

    Most of the region gained independence in the 1950

  • Gamal Abdel

    Gamal Abdel nasser overthrew the government and seized control of egypt
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    colonices

    Nearly all of the colonices of west and central africa became independent nations

  • War

    In Algeria , the majority resisted French rule went to war , and won inependence in 1962

  • Egypt

    Egypt built a dam across the Nile river called the Aswan High Dam

  • South Africa

    Apartheid comes to an end in South Africa.

  • All races

    All races in the south Africa voted together and Mandela became presdent

  • The Bantu

    The Bantu peoples begin to migrate south into central and southern Africa.

  • Giza pyramid

    The Great Pyramid of Giza is built.

  • First pyramid

    The first pyramid of Egypt, the Pyramid of Djoser, is constructed.

  • First pharaoh

    Egypt is first united under Menes, the first pharaoh of Egypt.

  • Nile river

    People begin to farm along the Nile River in Egypt.