Essay on Africa and Bce Egypt

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5000 BCE: human population began concentrating on the Nile
5000 BCE Egypt began to experiment with agriculture.
4000 BCE agricultural villages interacted
3100 BCE Government authority came to Egypt.
3100-2660 BCE Archaic period
3000 BCE Egypt traded actively throughout the Mediterranean Sea
2660-2180 BCE Old Kingdom
2080-1640 BCE Middle Kingdom
2000 BCE Bantu migration began
1550 BCE the Pharaoh Ahmosis expelled the Hyksos and reunited Egypt
1503-1482 BCE Queen Hatsheput’s reign
1500 BCE Egypt had built a powerful empire
1490-1436 BCE Tuthmosis III reigned
1353-1335 BCE Pharaoh Amenhotep IV reigned
1000 BCE Bantu peoples occupied most of sub-Saharan Africa
750 BCE King of Kush imposed Nubian rule over Egypt
664 BCE Assyrian Conquerors drove the Kushites from Egypt
400 BCE population of sub Saharan Africa if approx. 3.5 million
300-500 CE Malay seafarers colonized the island of Madagascar
300 CE Christianity established a foothold on the kingdom of Axum
500 CE Camels became an increasingly more renowned transportation through the desert instead of horses or donkeys
500 CE several varieties of bananas had become well established in Africa
700-1500 Powerful kingdoms ruled most of West Africa
750-1500 CE Number of African slaves sold to North America may have exceeded ten million
800 CE Banana cultivation spread, population 17 million
1000 CE Mantu migrations had introduced agriculture and iron metallurgy to most regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Population pressure influenced the formation of spreading small states.
1200 CE Conflict between the small states of sub-Saharan Africa resulted in the formation of larger, regional principality
1230-1255 CE Reign of Sundati who built the Mali Empire
1235 CE Sundati had consolidated his hold on the Mali Empire
1300-1505 Portuguese mariners subjected Kilwa to a devastating sack
1312-1337 Mans Musa ruled Mali
1324-1325 Mansa Musa began pilgrimage to Mecca
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