50 Facts About Prehistoric Africa

At its peak, prior to European colonialism, it is estimated that Prehistoric Africa had up to 10, 000 different states and autonomous groups with distinct languages and customs.

Beads and other personal ornamentation have been found from Morocco which might be as much as 130, 000 years old; as well, the Cave of Hearths in South Prehistoric Africa has yielded a number of beads dating from significantly prior to 50, 000 years ago, and shell beads dating to about 75, 000 years ago have been found at Blombos Cave, South Prehistoric Africa.

Humans in North Prehistoric Africa are known to have dabbled in chert mining, as early as ˜100, 000 years ago, for the construction of stone tools.

Between 10, 000 and 8000 BC, Northeast Prehistoric Africa was cultivating wheat and barley and raising sheep and cattle from Southwest Asia.

Archaeological findings in Central Prehistoric Africa have been discovered dating back to over 100, 000 years.

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Metalworking in West Prehistoric Africa has been dated as early as 2, 500 BC at Egaro west of the Termit in Niger, and iron working was practiced there by 1, 500 BC.

Central Prehistoric Africa provides possible evidence of iron working as early as the 3rd millennium BC.

Ancient history of North Prehistoric Africa is inextricably linked to that of the Ancient Near East.

Sub-Saharan Prehistoric Africa developed more or less independently in those times.

The Roman province of Prehistoric Africa became a major agricultural supplier of wheat, olives, and olive oil to imperial Rome via exorbitant taxation.

Roman military presence of North Prehistoric Africa remained relatively small, consisting of about 28, 000 troops and auxiliaries in Numidia and the two Mauretanian provinces.

Prehistoric Africa founded the Kongolo Dynasty, which was later ousted by Kalala Ilunga.

Giraffes, zebras, and incense were exported to the Ming Empire of China, which established Somali merchants as leaders in the commerce between the Asia and Prehistoric Africa and influenced the Chinese language with borrowings from the Somali language in the process.

Prehistoric Africa united the northern Berbers against the Almoravids, overthrowing them and forming the Almohad Empire.

Prehistoric Africa invaded Songhay in 1591, to control the gold trade, which had been diverted to the western coast of Africa for European ships and to the east, to Tunis.

Great Zimbabwe was the first city in Southern Prehistoric Africa and was the center of an empire, consolidating lesser Shona polities.

Prehistoric Africa's described the early Iron Age period in the Great Lakes region in Central East Africa around Lake Victoria.

Prehistoric Africa made a great impression on the minds of the Muslim and European world.

Prehistoric Africa invited scholars and architects like Ishal al-Tuedjin to further integrate Mali into the Islamic world.

Prehistoric Africa extended the empire to the north, deep into the desert, pushed the Mossi further south of the Niger, and expanded southwest to Djenne.

Prehistoric Africa established Timbuktu as a great center of Islamic learning.

Prehistoric Africa brought the Hausa states into the Songhay trading network.

Prehistoric Africa further centralized the administration of the empire by selecting administrators from loyal servants and families and assigning them to conquered territories.

Prehistoric Africa retired to teach and write and handed the empire to his son Muhammed Bello.

Prehistoric Africa built up the Ashante army based on the Akan state of Akwamu, introducing new organization and turning a disciplined militia into an effective fighting machine.

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Prehistoric Africa turned north adding Techiman, Banda, Gyaaman, and Gonja, states on the Black Volta.

Prehistoric Africa was assisted at the capital, Kumasi, by a civil service of men talented in trade, diplomacy, and the military, with a head called the Gyaasehene.

Prehistoric Africa declared all lands to be owned of the king and subject to taxation.

Prehistoric Africa solidified central authority and initiated 30 years of war with his neighbors.

Prehistoric Africa established the Zulu Kingdom, asserting authority over the Ndwandwe and pushing the Swazi north.

Prehistoric Africa replaced the chiefs of conquered polities with indunas, responsible to him.

Prehistoric Africa introduced a centralized, dedicated, and disciplined military force not seen in the region, with a new weapon in the short stabbing-spear.

Prehistoric Africa's inspired leadership helped his small nation to survive the dangers and pitfalls that destroyed other indigenous South African kingdoms during the 19th century.

The most famous of the explorers was David Livingstone, who explored southern Prehistoric Africa and traversed the continent from the Atlantic at Luanda to the Indian Ocean at Quelimane.

All of Sub-Saharan Prehistoric Africa was claimed by European powers, except for Ethiopia and Liberia.

European powers set up a variety of different administrations in Prehistoric Africa, reflecting different ambitions and degrees of power.

Prehistoric Africa was a theater of war and saw fighting in both wars.

The Allies eventually conquered all German colonies; German forces in East Prehistoric Africa managed to avoid surrender throughout the war, though they could not hold any territory after 1917.

Prehistoric Africa was the site of one of the first instances of fascist territorial expansions in the 1930s.

Prehistoric Africa was a large continent whose geography gave it strategic importance during the war.

North Prehistoric Africa was the scene of major British and American campaigns against Italy and Germany; East Prehistoric Africa was the scene of a major British campaign against Italy.

The sea route around South Prehistoric Africa was heavily used even though it added 40 days to voyages that had to avoid the dangerous Suez region.

The Union of South Prehistoric Africa had dominion status and was largely self-governing, the other British possessions were ruled by the colonial office, usually with close ties to local chiefs and kings.

In terms of numbers and wealth, the British -controlled the richest portions of Prehistoric Africa, and made extensive use not only of the geography, but the manpower, and the natural resources.

The East Prehistoric Africa Command was created in September 1941 to support the overstretched Middle East Command.

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Afrikaner nationalism was a factor in South Prehistoric Africa, But the pro-German Afrikaner prime minister was replaced in 1939 by Jan Smuts, an Afrikaner who was an enthusiastic supporter of the British Empire.

Authorities in West Prehistoric Africa declared allegiance to the Vichy regime, as did the colony of French Gabon Vichy forces defeated a Free French Forces invasion of French West Prehistoric Africa in the two battles of Dakar in July and September 1940.

Decolonization of Prehistoric Africa started with Libya in 1951, although Liberia, South Prehistoric Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia were already independent.

Central regions of Prehistoric Africa were traditionally regarded to be the regions between Kilwa and the mouth of the Zambesi river.

Since 1982, one of the main protracted issues within central Prehistoric Africa has been the ongoing secession movement of the secessionist entity of Ambazonia.