African Timeline

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  • 200

    Aksum Trade Power

    Aksum Trade Power
    Aksum controled trade network from the mediterean sea to India.
  • Period: 200 to Mar 26, 1400

    African Kingdoms

  • Mar 26, 600

    Decline of Aksum

    Decline of Aksum
    Aksum degan to decline as Arabs took control of the regions trade routes.
  • Mar 27, 600

    Egypt Falls

    Egypt Falls
    Arabs took over Egypt and began to invade areas to teh west of it.
  • Mar 27, 1200

    Benin

    Benin
    Benin rises.
  • Mar 27, 1300

    Zimbabwe Peak of Power

    Zimbabwe Peak of Power
    Zimbabwe reached its peak of power.
  • Period: Mar 26, 1400 to

    European Conquest

  • Mar 27, 1440

    Portugues

    Portugues
    Portugues arive in west Africa
  • Mar 27, 1500

    Portugual Conquering

    Portugual Conquering
    Kilwa and other east Africa city states were conquered and destroyed by the European country of Portigual.
  • Mar 27, 1500

    Slaves Begin

    Slaves Begin
    Slave trade begins.

  • Slaves

    Slaves
    80,000 African slaves were being shipped
  • Period: to

    Independence

  • Slaves END

    Slaves END
    Slave trade ends.

  • South Africa

    South Africa
    Africans in south Africa formed a political party called South Africa.

  • Independence

    Independence
    Only Ethiopia and Liberia remaind independent

  • Pan-Africanism

    Pan-Africanism
    Africans formed a movment called the Pan-Africanism.

  • National Congress

    National Congress
    African lawyers in british west Africa form a Nation Congress
  • Period: to

    Present_Day Africa

  • Senegal

    Senegal
    Senegal becomes independent.