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The Aksums controlled a trade network that went from the Mediterranean Sea to India
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Many people of Aksum became Christian because it started spreading. They were the center of the Ethiopian Christian Church
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After the Roman Empire fell invading forces competed for control over parts in North Africa
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Aksum began to decline as arabs took control of most of the region'strade.
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Mansa Musa's death made the Songhai Empire west Africa's most powerful kngdom
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The Portuguese began sailing along the west african coast in search of gold.
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Three Portuguese ships rounded the tip of southern africa and sailed north along Africa's east coast.
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Kilwa and the other city-states were conquered and destroyed by Portugal
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Equiano had been captured and sold at a slave auction at about age 11.
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About 80,000 african slaves were being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean each year
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Leaders of several European met in Berlin,Germany. There they set rules for which European countries could claim which African land.
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Frech people settled in Algeria and thought of it as more than a colony. The thought of it as part of France. The Algerian people disagreed. And were willing to fight to govern themselves. The a bloody war started.
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The people of Rhodesia took the streets waiting excitedly throughout the evening until they took the British flag down for the last time and became the country of Zimbabwe.
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A greek trader made a list of goods for sale in the market of Adulis. Adulis is a trade center along the Red Sea
