african history

  • 200

    Aksum kingdom incline

    Aksum kingdom incline
    the kingdom controlled the trade route between medditeranean and india
  • 300

    Aksum christianity

    Aksum christianity
    Aksum became christian as news about there religion
  • Jan 1, 600

    Aksum kingdom decline

    Aksum kingdom decline
    it happend as the arabs took over the trade route
  • Jan 1, 600

    arabic takeover

    arabic takeover
    arabs took control of egypt and began to invade areas to the west of it
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Attracted traders

    Attracted traders
    ships' from phoenicia began searching the north african coast for ports that would connect them to africas riches
  • Jan 1, 1200

    valley of trade

    valley of trade
    mali's kings controlled the gold mines of south and the salt supplies of the north
  • Jan 1, 1200

    forest kingdom

    forest kingdom
    songhai traded with kingdoms located to the south in the forested religion of west african.
  • Jan 1, 1324

    kings great journey

    kings great journey
    in 1342, mansa musa madea pilgramage to the arabian city of mecca
  • Jan 1, 1332

    songhais greatness

    songhais greatness
    after about the 1332 after the death of mansa musa songhai became west african.most powerful country.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    new comers

    new comers
    the potuguese arrived in west africa
  • Final

    Final
    the trade finally ended
  • post trading

    post trading
    the dutch, porteuguse, french, and english set up trading post all along africans coastline
  • european divide

    european divide
    the europeans had divided africa for themselves
  • world war 2

    world war 2
    alot of africans died because of sacrificing for other countries
  • the rise and fall of carthage

    the rise and fall of carthage
    the phoenicians had established the city of carthage