Africa

Huasa

500

500s-1800s. Located in present day Nigeria and Niger. Hausa language was spoken by more than 22 million people.

Kilwa

Mar 28, 1100

11th-15th centuries. In present day Tanzania. Was a large empire built in the Iranian Bazrangids. This civilizations had many rock scripts.

Great Zimbabwe

Mar 28, 1100

1100-1400. Present day Zimbabwe. One of its most prominent features were its walls, some of which were over five metres high and which were constructed without mortar. The walls that they made took over 300 hundred years to build.

Yoruba

Mar 28, 1200

12th-14th centuries. The Yoruba were very skilled weivers. They also had pets and the named them.

Mali

Mar 28, 1230

1230-1600. Located in present day Mali. The people of the Mali empire were called Manden. One of the Mali emperors ruled for only 12 years.

Songhai

Mar 28, 1340

1340-1591. Located in present day Mali. The people of the Mali empire were called Manden. One of the Mali emperors ruled for only 12 years.

Mutapa

Mar 28, 1430

1430-1760. Was a Shone kingdom which stretched between the Zambezi and LImpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Its founders are probably culturally and politically related to the builders who constructed Great Zimbabwe.

Benin

Mar 28, 1440

1440-1897. It was located in present day Benin. There was about 36 know emperors of this civilization. The first European travelers to reach Benin were Portuguese explorers in about 1485.

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Period: Mar 28, 1901 to Mar 28, 2000

Ghana

Mar 2, 2022

790-1076. Located in present day Ghana. Ghana’s coast was called the gold coast, due to all the gold located on the coast.