Ancient Africans Civilization
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By the 3rd century BC, the city of Carthage on the coast of Tunisia was very wealthy and impressive
It had a population between 700,000 and 1million people. Lining both sides of the streets were rows of tall houses six storeys high founded 800 BC.
Carthage was later conquered and destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. It was rebuilt by the Romans and occupied by early Arab conquerors.
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African Moors who introduced learning and civilization in Spain.
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The Moors began invading Spain around 711 AD when an African army, under leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa invading the Iberian peninsula ‘Andalus’ (Spain under Visigoths).
Tarik Ibn Zayid led 300 Arabs and 6700 Africans in conquering Spain around 700 A.D.
A European scholar sympathetic to the Spaniards remembered the conquest in this way: 📸 And second image from Alfonso X description. 📷
The Moors, who ruled Spain for 800 yrs, introduced new scientific techniques to Europe, i.e astrolabe, a device for measuring the position of the stars and planets. Scientific progress in Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Geography and Philosophy flourished in Moorish Spain.
By 1400s they had created a wealthy kingdom with a powerful ruler, known as the Oba. The Obas lived in beautiful palaces decorated with shining brass. The world famous bronzes of Benin Kingdom, carted away by the British in 1897 after pillaging the capital destroying the palace.
How the Benin Kingdom bronzes challenged the primitive European and Victorian notions when they were displayed in London in the 1890s..
Queen Nzinga
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Queen Nzinga is a renowned African legend considered as the greatest figure of African resistance against the European slave trade.
She lived in the 17th century and for 40 years of her Resistance, was able to resist the European slave trade.
Queen Nzinga was born in 1581 amidst all the turmoil. She was the daughter of Ngola Kiluanji Mbandi and was trained and raised for battle as her father perceived the strength of leadership his daughter possessed on time. She started going to battles with her father as a teenager.
She experienced several battles led by her father against the Europeans, the Mbundu people of Ndongo kingdom withdrew as they couldn’t stand the ferocious weapons of the Europeans. In 1622, at 41 years old, she set out on the journey that would forever change history.
African Ancient schools
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Famous well known Greeks (Europeans) whom we study their history and writings, studied at the feet of Ancient Egyptian (Kemet) scholars at the Temple of Waset founded 1405B.C (15BC Cent) & also in Timbuktu Temple founded in 1201BC (13BC Cent) in now Mali
Phil Plato was a student at Waset Temple for 11yrs. Also, Aristotle was a student there for 11-13 years. Socrates spent at least 15 years at the same temple; likewise, Euclid studied for 10-11 years at the same temple. Pythagoras spent 22 years there.
Ancient Scholars in Egypt began keeping records as far back as 4000 to 3000 BC same with the people of now sub-saharan Africa. Several Europeans also studied in Timbuktu Temple where most researches were carried out.
The Mino: The Formidable Women Army Of Dahomey In West Africa
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Mino, which means “our mothers” in Fon language, was a group of women, raised by kings of Dahome in the Early 17th century of African era when he mobilized all forces of the Kingdom.
The aim was for the Mino to fight and defeat the Yorubas who were taking over their lands at the time.
Subsequently, they would become the army that fought the French colonizers bravely, in defense of their kingdom, Dahomé, which is the present-day Benin Republic.
After a stringent selection process in adolescence, the Minos are chosen and put through rigorous training. They are trained to handle weapons and they are psychologically and religiously prepared to obey and serve the king with reverence.
Indigenous people of Australia Link to Africa
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Australia was the home to over 400 aborigine tribes. A genetic study showed that Australian people may have left Africa up to 75,000 years ago which would make them one of the oldest continuous populations outside of Africa.
Australia has two distinct groups of Indigenous peoples of Australia, they are Torres Strait Islander peoples and the Aboriginal peoples.
Cave painting from Northern Territory, Australia, of a spirit figure associated with the meeting of the legendary kangaroo and serpent heroes in the Dreaming.