History of AfricaThe continent, not the country…

Way older than Mr. Bristow… Prehistory (before 3000 BCE)

Sahara is a tropical grassland

Supported giraffe, elephant, and rhino

Earliest human settlements

Bantu Migration(2000-500 BCE)

Begin just south of Sahara

Spread over all sub-Saharan Africa

“Root” language for most modern Africa languages

Egypt (3000 – 520 BCE)

First large civilization in Africa

3 time periods with 100-300 year “dark ages” in between (Old, Middle, New)

Creators of pyramids, geometry, and mummification

A little older than Mr. Bristow… Ghana (600-1400 CE)

Massive trading empire

Gold-salt trade

First major civilization in sub-Saharan Africa

Rise of Islam (700-1100 CE)

First conquers northern Africa near the Mediterranean Sea.

Also conquers Eastern Africa, and Western Africa

Very tolerant toward indiginous religions

Great Zimbabwe (1000-1500 CE)

Southeastern Africa

Controlled trade of gold and ivory in the area

Large stone building and towers

Bristow was around… European slave trade (1500-1800 CE)

Columbian Exchange

Slaves came from all over Africa

Ports on the Atlantic served as trade centers

Berlin Conference(1884-1885 CE)

Meeting of European powers to divide up Africa

Was designed to prevent war

Not a single Africa delegate was there

World War II (1940-1943 CE) German Afrika Korps led by

Rommel

Germans caught between British and American troops

Localized to North Africa

Recent times End of colonies (1951-1980 CE)

After World War II and with pressure from US to drop colonies

Final release was Zimbabwe from Great Britain

Almost no transition support

Ethnic Wars (1951-Present)

No strong central government to protect citizens

Years of rage unleashed upon former upper class

500k-1mil dead in 100 days in Rwanda

Nation building(Present)

Countries attempting to stabilize and create new governments

Sometime successful and stable (Botswana)

Sometimes not (Sudan, Egypt)