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Period: 200 to Jan 1, 1400
African kindoms
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300
Aksum
Many people in Aksum became christian -
Jan 1, 600
Aksum decline
Aksum started to decline as arabs took control of much of the regions trade. -
Jan 1, 600
Arabs
Arabsa took control of eygpt. -
Jan 1, 1200
Mali
Mali arose Malis king controlled the gold mines of the south and salt of the north -
Jan 1, 1200
Benin
Benin arose. -
Jan 1, 1300
Zimbabwe great power
Zimbabwe reached tip of it's power thousands of people lived there at the time. -
Jan 1, 1324
Mansa Masa
Mansa made a pilgrimage to the city of mecca. -
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. -
Jan 1, 1332
Mansa and songhai
Mansa died and songhai became west africa most powerful kingdom. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
European conquest
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Jan 1, 1500
Kilwa falls
Kilwa and other city states fall to european and portuguese power. -
Jan 1, 1500
European trade
Europeans started trading guns for slaves -
Songhai
North africa defeated songhai -
Period: to
Independence
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Worls war 2
WW2 ends and africans get idea of freedom. -
Period: to
present day africa
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Arab Spring
Northern Africa start rebelling. -
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire fell.
