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African history
The pre-history of Africa begins with the first emergence of Homo sapiens in East Africa, continuing into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. Agriculture began about 10,000 BCE and metallurgy in about 4000 BCE. Early civilization arose in Egypt and later in the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa. Islam spread through the Maghreb and the Sahel, with a major centre of Moslem culture at Timbuktu. States and polities subsequently formed throughout the continent.
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Tunisia
History; African history
Tunisia officially the Tunisian Republic (though often referred to in English as the Republic of Tunisia; is the northernmost country in Africa and, at almost 165,000 square kilometres (64,000 sq mi) ...
Ashanti Empire
History; African history
The Ashanti Empire was a West Africa state of the Ashanti people now in Ghana. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group in Ghana, a powerful, militaristic and highly disciplined people of West Africa. ...
Bantu migrations
History; African history
The Bantu expansion or Bantu migration was a millennia-long series of migrations of speakers of the original proto-Bantu language group. The Bantu expansion was one of the most significant human ...
Mau Mau Rebellion
History; African history
The Mau Mau Rebellion (also known as the Mau Mau Uprising, the Mau Mau Revolt, and the Kenya Emergency) was a military conflict that took place from 1952 until 1960 in Kenya, between the predominatly ...
Riem
History; African history
A rawhide thong, about 8 feet long, used in South Africa for hitching horses, for fastening yokes to the trek-tow, and generally as a strong cord or binder.
Rosetta stone
History; African history
The Egyptians used to cover their works with a strange writing called hieroglyphs. Nobody could figure out what this weird writing meant until the chance discovery of this ancient tablet.
Battle of Talana Hil
History; African history
The Battle of Talana Hill, or Battle of Glencoe, was the first battle of the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the South African Republic on 20 October 1899. A frontal attack by British ...
