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In the late 12th century Kilwa wrestled control of Sofala in the south, a key trading city linking to Great Zimbabwe in the interior and famous for its Zimbabwean gold, which was substantial in the usurpation of Mogadishu's hegemony, while also conquering Pemba and Zanzibar.
12th-century disestablishments in Africa (1 C) 12th-century establishments in Africa (2 C, 9 P) A. 12th century in Algeria (1 C) E.
The Sao civilization flourished from about the sixth century BC to as late as the 16th century AD in Central Africa. The Sao lived by the Chari River south of Lake Chad in territory that later became part of present-day Cameroon and Chad. They are the earliest people to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon.
The "Kingdom of Africa" (Regno d'Africa) pinpointed in red. The Kingdom of Africa was an extension of the frontier zone of the Kingdom of Sicily in the former Roman province of Africa (Ifrīqiya in Arabic), [a] corresponding to Tunisia and parts of Algeria and Libya today. The main primary sources for the kingdom are Arabic (Muslim); [b] the ...
The 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar. In the history of European culture, ... In North Africa, ...
The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé[ 3 ] or Manden Duguba; [ 4 ][ 5 ] Arabic: مالي, romanized:Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita (c.1214 – c. 1255) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita). At its peak, Mali was the largest empire in ...
African empires is an umbrella term used in African studies to refer to a number of pre-colonial African kingdoms in Africa with multinational structures incorporating various populations and polities into a single entity, usually through conquest. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Listed below are known African empires and their respective capital cities.
Nubia from the late 12th century to the Funj conquest in the early 15th century Luboš Kropáček (Czech Republic) 17 The Horn of Africa: The Solomonids in Ethiopia and the states of the Horn of Africa Taddesse Tamrat (Ethiopia) 18 The development of Swahili civilization Victor V. Matveiev (U.S.S.R.) 19 Between the coast and the great lakes