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200
Aksum Trade
Aksum Controlled trade routes from the Mediterranean to India. -
Period: 200 to Jan 1, 1400
African Kingdoms
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Jan 1, 600
Aksum Decline
Arabs took control of the trade routes & the empire began to decline. -
Jan 1, 1300
Great Zimbabwe's peak of power.
Great Zimbabwe reached the peak of its peak of power. Today ruins of Great Zimbabwe still remain. -
Jan 1, 1324
Mansu Musa's Pilgramage to Meca
Mansu Musa makes a religous pilgramage to Meca. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
European Conquest
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Jan 1, 1500
East African City States Destroyed and Conquered
Many East African city states were conquered & destroyed by Portugal. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
African Slave Trade
Began in 1500's and ended in the late 1800's . Millions of Africans were enslaved. -
Jan 1, 1518
First cargo of enslaved africans is shipped
The first cargo of enslaved africans is shipped across the Atlantic Ocean. -
The Empire of Sonhai is Defeated
North Africa Defeats Songhai. -
Slave trade reaches it's peak
The slave trade reaches it's peak with 80,000 enslaved africans per year. -
Period: to
Independance
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European Colonization rules
Europeans met in Berlin, Germany to set laws about colonization in Africa. -
Near all of Africa controlled
The French, British, Germans, Belgians, & Porteugese control almost all of Africa -
World War II starts
World War II inspired many african people to seek freedom from their european conquerers. -
Period: to
World War II
World War II inspired many african people to seek freedom from their european conquerers. -
Period: to
Present Day Africa
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Zimbabwe Independance
People took to the streets at midnight to see the British flag go down for the last time. -
Africans breed hybrid rice
Africans make a hybrid rice that combines the best of asian and african rices. -
Arab Spring begins
Large Protests begin in Tunisia and so begins the Arab Spring.
