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  1. History of Africa

    Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago. In the 4th millennium BC written history arose in Ancient Egypt, and later in Nubia's Kush, the Horn of Africa's Dʿmt, and Ifrikiya's Carthage. Between around 3000 BC and 1000 AD, the Bantu expansion swept from north-western Central Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa, laying the foundations for states in Central, Eastern, and Southern regions. In most African societies the oral word is revered, and as such they have generally recorded their history orally. This has led anthropologists to term them oral civilisations, contrasted with literate civilisations which pride the written word. Wikipedia

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  2. britannica.com

    3 days agoAfrica is the second largest continent, covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. Africa's total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles (30,365,000 square km), and the continent measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from east to west.
    • Climate

      Africa - Climate, Regions, Variations: A number of factors influence the climate of the African continent. First, most of the continent—which extends from 35° S to about 37° N latitude—lies within the tropics. Second, the near bisection of the continent by the Equator results in a largely symmetrical arrangement of climatic zones on either side. This symmetry is, however, imperfect ...

    • Economy

      Africa - Trade, Resources, Agriculture: With the exception of South Africa and the countries of North Africa, all of which have diversified production systems, the economy of most of Africa can be characterized as underdeveloped. Africa as a whole has abundant natural resources, but much of its economy has remained predominantly agricultural, and subsistence farming still engages more than 60 ...

    • Cultural Patterns

      Africa - Diversity, Ethnicity, Languages: The knowledge of most of the individual languages of Africa is still very incomplete, but there are known to be in excess of 1,500 distinct languages. Many attempts to classify them have been inadequate because of the great complexity of the languages and because of a confusion relating language, "race," and economy; for example, there was once a ...

    • Plant Life

      Africa - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: African vegetation develops in direct response to the interacting effects of rainfall, temperature, topography, and type of soil; it is further modified by the incidence of fire, human agriculture, and grazing and browsing by livestock. Of the total land area of the continent, forests cover about one-fifth; woodlands, bushlands, grasslands, and thickets about ...

    • Birds

      Africa - Bird Diversity, Migration, Conservation: South of the Sahara the birdlife includes nearly 1,500 resident species, to which must be added another 275 species that are either resident in northwestern Africa or else are Palaearctic winter migrants; the migrants once totaled perhaps two billion individuals, but their numbers have been reduced considerably by severe droughts and by human ...

    • The Paleozoic Era

      Africa - Paleozoic, Fossils, Geology: The Paleozoic Era consists of the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian periods and includes two major mountain-building episodes. The continent of Africa may be said to have taken shape during the Paleozoic. A glacial period during the Ordovician is evidenced by widespread deposition tillites, which may be seen in southern ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in East Africa around 300,000-250,000 years ago. In the 4th millennium BC written history arose in Ancient Egypt, [1] and later in Nubia's Kush, the Horn of Africa's Dʿmt, and Ifrikiya's Carthage. [2] Between around 3000 BC and 1000 AD, the Bantu ...
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    Pages in category "History of Africa by region" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. History of Central Africa; History of East Africa; History of Southern Africa; History of West Africa; K. History of the Kasai region This page was last edited on 15 September 2017, at 16:21 ...
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  6. worldhistory.org

    Numerous educational institutions recommend us, including Oxford University.Our publication has been reviewed for educational use by Common Sense Education, Internet Scout (University of Wisconsin), Merlot (California State University), OER Commons and the School Library Journal.Please note that some of these recommendations are listed under our old name, Ancient History Encyclopedia.
  7. newworldencyclopedia.org

    At the end of the ice age around 10,500 B.C.E., the Sahara had become a green fertile valley again, and its African populations returned from the interior and coastal highlands in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the warming and drying climate meant that by 5000 B.C.E. the Sahara region was becoming increasingly drier. The population trekked out of the Sahara region towards the Nile Valley below ...
  8. guides.library.ucsb.edu

    LibGuides at University of California, Santa Barbara

    https://guides.library.ucsb.edu › history-by-region › africa

    Dec 13, 2024Encyclopedia of African history. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. - Ref DT20 .E53 2005 v1-3. New encyclopedia of Africa. ... Additional Reference Sources for World History by Region (Africa): Additional encyclopedias are listed on the United States History research guide, ...
  9. historyworld.net

    The Bantu languages probably derive from the region of modern Nigeria and Cameroon. This western area, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, is also the cradle of other early developments in African history. Iron smelting is known here, as in other sites in a strip below the Sahara, by the middle of the 1st millennium BC. And the fascinating but still ...
  10. britannica.com

    Africa is widely recognized as the birthplace of humankind. Archaeological evidence indicates that the continent has been inhabited by humans and their hominid forebears for some 4,000,000 years or more. Anatomically modern humans are believed to have appeared about 100,000 years ago in the eastern region of sub-Saharan Africa.
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