Africa Timeline By sldb99 11,000 BCE 1st man appears in the Great Lakes of Central Africa 6 million years ago 10,000 BCE Neolithic Revolution around 10,000-9,000 BCE 8000 BCE Agriculture comes to East Central Africa 5000 BCE Separation between North Africa & Sub Saharan Africa 4000 BCE Egyptian Empire becomes greatest civilization 2040 BCE Period of the Middle Kingdom, pharaohs re-establish power 1600 BCE Aryan Migration, 16th century 1200 BCE Iron Age in West Africa 332 BCE Alexander the Great arrives in Egypt 264 BCE First Punic War
