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2. Pre-colonial trade routes in Africa - Wikipedia

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   The pre-colonial trade routes and networks in Africa were extensive and sophisticated, connecting various regions of the continent and facilitating the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas. These routes played a crucial role in the development of African civilizations, fostering economic prosperity and cultural exchange long before European ...

3. Lost Kingdoms of Africa - Wikipedia

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   20 February 2012. ( 2012-02-20) Lost Kingdoms of Africa is a British television documentary series. It is produced by the BBC. It describes the pre-colonial history of Africa. The series is narrated by Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford . The series was originally commissioned as part of the Wonderful Africa Season [1] on BBC Four in the lead up to the ...

4. Pre-colonial history of Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

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   The Mapungubwe people, a Bantu -speaking group of migrants from present-day South Africa, inhabited the Great Zimbabwe site from about AD 1000 - 1550, intermarrying with san bushmen people the native shona talk of this as the story of the tavara being the bantu and shava being the bushmen . From about 1100, the fortress took shape, reaching its ...

5. Classical African civilization - Wikipedia

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   The terms African civilizations, also classical African civilizations, or African empires are terms that generally refer to the various pre-colonial African kingdoms.The civilizations usually include Egypt, Carthage, Axum, [1] Numidia, and Nubia, [1] but may also be extended to the prehistoric Land of Punt and others: Kingdom of Dagbon, the Empire of Ashanti, Kingdom of Kongo, Empire of Mali ...

6. List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history - Wikipedia

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   List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history. Pre–colonial states in Africa (excluding East African states such as Ajuran, Imerina, Buganda, Rwanda, Nkore, and Kilwa, and southern African ones such as Rozvi, Uukwanyama, Mthethwa, Mapungubwe, and Maravi) There were many kingdoms and empires on the continent of Africa throughout history, as ...

7. Pre-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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   The current territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo was occupied by humans in the Paleolithic at least 80,000 years ago. Waves of Bantu migrations from 2000 BC to 500 AD moved into the basin from the northwest and covered the precolonial states absorbed or overthrown by the colonial powers. The Bantu migrations added to and displaced the ...

8. Prehistoric West Africa - Wikipedia

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   Prehistoric West Africa. Round Head rock art figures and zoomorphic figures, including a Barbary sheep [1] The prehistory of West Africa spans from the earliest human presence in the region until the emergence of the Iron Age in West Africa. West African populations were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the ...

9. Art of the Kingdom of Benin - Wikipedia

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   e. Benin art is the art from the Kingdom of Benin [1] or Edo Empire (1440–1897), a pre-colonial African state located in what is now known as the Southern region of Nigeria. [2] Primarily made of cast bronze and carved ivory, Benin art was produced mainly for the court of the Oba of Benin – a divine ruler for whom the craftsmen produced a ...