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Aksum Controlled trade routes from the Mediterranean to India.
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Arabs took control of the trade routes & the empire began to decline.
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Great Zimbabwe reached the peak of its peak of power. Today ruins of Great Zimbabwe still remain.
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Mansu Musa makes a religous pilgramage to Meca.
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Many East African city states were conquered & destroyed by Portugal.
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Began in 1500's and ended in the late 1800's . Millions of Africans were enslaved.
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The first cargo of enslaved africans is shipped across the Atlantic Ocean.
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North Africa Defeats Songhai.
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The slave trade reaches it's peak with 80,000 enslaved africans per year.
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Europeans met in Berlin, Germany to set laws about colonization in Africa.
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The French, British, Germans, Belgians, & Porteugese control almost all of Africa
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World War II inspired many african people to seek freedom from their european conquerers.
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World War II inspired many african people to seek freedom from their european conquerers.
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People took to the streets at midnight to see the British flag go down for the last time.
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Africans make a hybrid rice that combines the best of asian and african rices.
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Large Protests begin in Tunisia and so begins the Arab Spring.
