African

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    Hausa Empire

    Hausa Empire
    Hausa is present day Northern Nigeria, Northwestern Niger. Its population was 15 million. Hausa fell to Islam and the Fulani who took political power from Hausa.
  • Mar 28, 1000

    Kilwa Empire

    Kilwa Empire
    Kilwa Empire was part of a larger empire built by the Iranian Bazrangids and became a major trade center in the 1100’s to the early 1500’s and was and under the rule of Ali al-Hasan.
  • Mar 28, 1220

    Great Zimbabwe Empire

    Great Zimbabwe Empire
    The Great Zimbabwe was built by the Shona (1100-1500 AD), the empire of Great Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s greatest civilizations.
  • Mar 28, 1300

    Mali Empire

    Mali Empire
    The Ghana empire was located in present day southeastern Mauritania and western Mali. Known as the “Land of Gold” because it contained a lot of gold mines. Ghana fell because of the expanding Soso kingdom of Africa at that time.
  • Mar 28, 1325

    Songhai Empire

    Songhai Empire
    The Ghana empire was located in present day southeastern Mauritania and western Mali. Known as the “Land of Gold” because it contained a lot of gold mines. Ghana fell because of the expanding Soso kingdom of Africa at that time.
  • Mar 28, 1430

    Mutapa Empire

    Mutapa Empire
    He became Around 1425, Mutota, king of the Shona, embarked on conquest of the inland plateau, the region located between the Zambezi River and the Limpopo River, to the coast of Mozabique.
  • Mar 28, 1440

    Benin Empire

    Benin Empire
    Benin formerly Dahomey, officially The Republic of Benin is a country in west Africa that is bordered by Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Niger. benin covers 110,000 square kilometers with a population of approximately 9.05 million. Benin is a tropical, sub saharan highly dependent on agriculture.

  • Yoruba Empire

    Yoruba Empire
    This is where 10 million people occupied the southwestern corner of Nigeria along the Dahomey border. Yoruba is one of the earliest and probably one of the greatest independent race in West Africa. Yoruba was primarily filled with farmers. At one time 70 percent of the people in Yoruba were people who participated in agriculture.
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    African Civilizations

  • Ghana Civilazation

    Ghana Civilazation
    The Ghana empire was located in present day southeastern Mauritania and western Mali. Known as the “Land of Gold” because it contained a lot of gold mines. Ghana fell because of the expanding Soso kingdom of Africa at that time.