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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".
The kingdom was founded during the mid-15th century AD by its first ruler, Nyikang. During the 19th century, the Shilluk Kingdom faced decline following military assaults from the Ottoman Empire and later British and Sudanese colonization in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. [15]
Satellite image of North Africa, showing the Sahara Desert. Throughout the 14th century, much of African trade revolved around the Trans-Saharan trade routes. [3] Geographically, the Sahara Desert extends over 3.6 million square miles and is the second-largest desert on the planet behind Antarctica. [4]
In the 13th century, Namandirou reappeared under the name Njarmeew, ruled by the wolof Ndaw family who had originated north of the Senegal river. [ 2 ] In approximately 1460 (according to Portuguese writer Andre Donelha ), Namandirou was invaded by the Jolof Buurba Cukli Njiklaan , although some scholars argue that another Buurba was responsible.
States of Medieval Africa — precolonial states and monarchies established during the Middle Ages, between 750 CE and 1502. ... Kingdom of al-Abwab;
Kingdom of Phrygia (until 696 BC) Kingdom of Lydia (until 546 BC) Philistia (until 732 BC) Sabaean Kingdom (c. 1100 BC–275 AD) Zhou Kingdom (c. 1046–256 BC) United Kingdom of Israel and Judah (1030 BC–931 BC) Kingdom of Ammon (c. 1000 BC–332 BC) Kingdom of Israel (930 BC–720 BC) Kingdom of Judah (930 BC–586 BC) Kingdom of Edom (c ...
Kushite royal pyramids in Meroë. The system of royal succession in the Kingdom of Kush is not well understood. [4] There are no known administrative documents or histories written by the Kushites themselves; [5] because very little of the royal genealogy can be reliably reconstructed, it is impossible to determine how the system functioned in theory and when or if it was ever broken. [6]
Gauda thus succeeded to a reduced Numidian kingdom. He divided the kingdom geographically between his two sons, establishing two different lines of Numidian kings. They were briefly displaced by a certain Hiarbas, but Roman intervention restored them. Massinissa I (202–148) Micipsa (148–118), son of Massinissa; Gulussa (148–145), son of ...