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Christianity first arrived in North Africa (Alexandria) in the 1st century CE, it was popular in North Africa but only became known tomost of the Sub-Saharan Africa in the 15th century.
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After Meroe (capital of Nubia) declined around 200 CE, Axum replaced it in trades.
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Around 200 CE, Indonesians settled on the coast and brought Asian banana that had a higher yield than African bananas. it spreaded inland and improved the food supply.
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Nok Culture (dissapeared after 200CE, modern day Nigeria) was known for its terracotta sculptures began a recognizably African sculptural tradition.(It was aliens)
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300 BC: the city of Axum is founded.
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300 AD: Axum conquers southern Arabia
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In 300 AD the Ghana Empire rose with the Soninke people.
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320 AD: The Syrian monk Frumentius converts Ethiopian emperor Ezana to Christianity
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500 AD: Axum conquers southern Sudan
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500 AD: Polynesian people settle Madagascar
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500 AD: the Christian kingdom of Dongola rules over Sudan
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From 1000BC to 500 AD, the Bantu-speaking Africans gradually moved toward south from modern Cameroon.
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525 AD: King Ella Kaleb of Axum annexes Yemen
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Iron was first brought by the Assyrians to Egypt around 600 B.C. it quickly spread to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Ancient Ghana - formed at the beginning of first millenium AD. the people were soninkes and at first they used iron tools and horses to seize lands. It then derived power and wealth from gold trades.
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In 600 AD Bantu cities, Great Zimbabwe, Dhlo-Dhlo, Kilwa, Sofala, flourishing through 1600 AD in Southern Africa
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1000 BCE-600 AD
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600 AD: Arabs colonize East African trade towns including Zanzibar
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1000 BC: the Queen of Sheba visits king Solomon of Israel
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50 AD: Axum rules Eritrea