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Period: 200 to Jan 1, 1400
African Kingdoms
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Period: 200 to Jan 1, 600
The Kingdom of Aksum controls the trade network
Aksum of Fically controls trade network then began to decide. -
476
Roman Empire falls
Invading forces compeat for parts of North Africa. -
Jan 1, 600
Arabs take control of Egypt
Arabs took control of Egypt and west of it's this was the start of the spread of the Islam. -
Jan 1, 1300
Great Zimbabwe reaches peak of power
Zimbabwe reaches the peak of their power. -
Jan 1, 1331
Ibn Battuh Visits Kilwa
Famous writer/traveler visits Kilwa. -
Jan 1, 1332
Songhai Kingdom becomes most powerful Kingdom in west Africa
The Songhai Kingdom Tombouctou becomes most powerful kingdom in the west. After King Monsa Musa's death. -
Jan 1, 1400
Portuguese begin sailing on west coast
the Portuguese sail on the weat coast in search of gold. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
European Conquest
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Jan 1, 1518
First cargo ship of enslaved Africans sails across the Atlantic Ocean
Africans are getting shipped to the Americas on cargo ships -
Olaudah Equiano a slave bought his own freedom
Olaudah Equinano buys his own freedom. -
Slave Trade Ends
The Atlantic Slave Trade ends. -
Period: to
Independence
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The Europeans control nearly all of Africa
The British, French, Germans, Belgians, and Portuguese control almost all of Africa. -
WW II ends
World War II ends with the start of Independent nations. -
Period: to
Present-day Africa
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People of Rhodesia wait for the British flag to come down
People in Rhodesia wait in the streets until midnight for the British flag to go down one last time. -
Protests begin in Tunisia
Protests of the Arab Spring begin in Tunisia starting with a 20 year old man setting himself on fire. -
Thousands of people killed
Thousands of people from Syria and Libya are killed.
