• The ancient history of Africa spans from the ancient period until the medieval and early modern period in the history of Africa. The ancient history of...
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  • There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history, despite popular understanding often being that the continent...
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    Chad. The area located north of West Africa is primarily desert containing the Western Sahara. Ancient West Africa included the Sahara, which became a...
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    Ancient Carthage (/ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ/ KAR-thij; Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, lit. 'New City') was an ancient Semitic civilisation based in North Africa. Initially...
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    2017. Reuters South Africa to review mercenary law, targets Iraq February 2005 "South Africa". Independent Online. South Africa. Retrieved 26 May 2010...
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  • Ancient Africa is the continent of Africa in ancient times, it may also refer to: Ancient Africa (album), a 1972 recording by Abdullah Ibrahim The area...
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    scholars argued that ancient Egyptian culture was influenced by other Afroasiatic-speaking populations in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, or the Middle East...
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    control of Africa as the region fell to the Umayyad conquest of North Africa by the close of the 7th century. The Late Period of ancient Egypt refers...
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  • the 4th millenium 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...
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  • Circumcision likely has ancient roots among several ethnic groups in sub-equatorial Africa, Egypt, and Arabia, though the specific form and extent of circumcision...
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    – The history of games dates to the ancient human past. Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction...
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    Numidia (redirect from Ancient numidia)
    Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding...
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  • Phoenicia (redirect from Ancient Phoenicia)
    The Phoenicians were an ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern...
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  • Africa spans from the earliest human presence in Africa until the ancient period in the history of Africa. The first known hominids evolved in Africa...
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    a common theme among traditional African religions, highlighting the complex and advanced culture of ancient Africa. Some research suggests that certain...
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  • Africa. In Nubia and ancient Kush, glazed quartzite and building in brick were developed to a greater extent than in Egypt. Parts of the East African...
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  • Ancient Africa is an album by Abdullah Ibrahim, recorded in concert in 1972. The album was recorded in concert at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, in...
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    the 4th and 3rd millennia BC Ancient Egypt, Kerma, Punt, and the Tichitt Tradition emerged in North, East and West Africa, while from 4000 BC until 1000...
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  • Afroasiatic speakers in Northern Africa, Eastern Africa and the Middle East. The researchers cautioned that the examined ancient Egyptian specimens may not...
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    Cyrenaica (redirect from Ancient cyrenaica)
    the Marj Plain, which has borne abundant crops of wheat and barley from ancient times to the present day. Plenty of springs issue on the highlands. Wild...
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    Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated within the contemporary...
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    Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly...
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    Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important...
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    great pharaohs. Ancient Egypt was a great power to be contended with by both the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa. The empire expanded...
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    Nubians (redirect from Ancient Nubians)
    populations of Ancient Egyptin areas such as Naqada and El-Badari to be the descendants of longtime inhabitants in Northeastern Africa which included...
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    motherhood, domesticity, creativity, and fertility (exemplified by the ancient mother goddess cult). Many major goddesses are also associated with magic...
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    writing being a notable exception). Perhaps the most famous African writing system is ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. These developed later into forms known...
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    West Africa, also called Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina...
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    Xenophobia (from Ancient Greek: ξένος (xénos), "strange, foreign, or alien", and φόβος (phóbos), "fear") is the fear or dislike of anything that is perceived...
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  • century Ancient African history Ancient West Africa Ancient North Africa Africa (Roman province) Ancient Egypt History of ancient Egypt List of ancient Egyptian...
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