Africa timelines

  • Period: 200 to Jan 1, 1400

    African kindoms

  • Aksum
    300

    Aksum

    Many people in Aksum became christian
  • Aksum decline
    Jan 1, 600

    Aksum decline

    Aksum started to decline as arabs took control of much of the regions trade.
  • Arabs
    Jan 1, 600

    Arabs

    Arabsa took control of eygpt.
  • Mali
    Jan 1, 1200

    Mali

    Mali arose Malis king controlled the gold mines of the south and salt of the north
  • Benin
    Jan 1, 1200

    Benin

    Benin arose.
  • Zimbabwe great power
    Jan 1, 1300

    Zimbabwe great power

    Zimbabwe reached tip of it's power thousands of people lived there at the time.
  • Mansa Masa
    Jan 1, 1324

    Mansa Masa

    Mansa made a pilgrimage to the city of mecca.
  • Ibn Battutah
    Jan 1, 1331

    Ibn Battutah

    Went and wrote about many places including Kilwa in 1331 he said one of the most beautiful and best built cities he has seen.
  • Mansa and songhai
    Jan 1, 1332

    Mansa and songhai

    Mansa died and songhai became west africa most powerful kingdom.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    European conquest

  • Kilwa falls
    Jan 1, 1500

    Kilwa falls

    Kilwa and other city states fall to european and portuguese power.
  • European trade
    Jan 1, 1500

    European trade

    Europeans started trading guns for slaves
  • Songhai

    Songhai

    North africa defeated songhai
  • Period: to

    Independence

  • Worls war 2

    Worls war 2

    WW2 ends and africans get idea of freedom.
  • Period: to

    present day africa

  • Arab Spring

    Arab Spring

    Northern Africa start rebelling.
  • Roman Empire

    Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire fell.