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There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Political map of Southern Africa in 1885. ... Medieval Swahili kingdoms are known to have had island trade ports, ... large Southeast African kingdoms and states ...
During the 200 year period between 1301 and 1500 (the 14th and 15th century) the main civilizations and kingdoms in Africa were the Mali Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Ife Empire, Benin Kingdom, Songhai Empire, Hausa City-states, Wolof Empire, Great Zimbabwe, Kingdom of Makuria, Kanem Empire,Ethiopian Empire, Kilwa Sultanate, Kingdom of Mapungubwe, Kingdom of Mutapa, and the Ajuran Sultanate.
States of Medieval Africa — precolonial states and monarchies established during the Middle Ages, between 750 CE and 1502. See also the preceding Category:Countries in ancient Africa and the succeeding Category:Countries in precolonial Africa
The Sahel forms a belt up to 1,000 km wide, spanning Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea Main article: History of West Africa The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of centralized kingdoms or empires that were centered on the Sahel , the area of grasslands south of the Sahara , from the 8th century to the 19th.
Kingdom 927–1707 AD East Angles: Rendlesham, Dommoc Kingdom 6th century–918 AD Essex: Rendlesham, Dommoc Kingdom 527–825 AD Haestingas: Hastings Tribal kingdom 6th century–771 AD Kent: Durovernum Kingdom 488–871 AD Lindsey: Lindum Kingdom/Client 410–775 AD Mercia: Tamworth Kingdom 527–918 AD Northumbria: Bamburgh Kingdom 653–954 AD
A map of Africa showing the continent's political systems: three monarchies (in red) and republics (in blue).. Monarchy was the prevalent form of government in the history of Africa, where self-governing states, territories, or nations existed in which supreme power resided with an individual who was recognized as the head of state. [1]
The terms African civilizations, also classical African civilizations, or African empires are terms that generally refer to the various pre-colonial African kingdoms.The civilizations usually include Egypt, Carthage, Axum, [1] Numidia, and Nubia, [1] but may also be extended to the prehistoric Land of Punt and others: Kingdom of Dagbon, the Empire of Ashanti, Kingdom of Kongo, Empire of Mali ...