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Macrobia was an ancient kingdom situated in the Horn of Africa (present day Somalia). It is mentioned in the 5th century BC. It is mentioned in the 5th century BC. According to Herodotus' account, the Persian Emperor Cambyses II upon his conquest of Egypt (525 BC) sent ambassadors to Macrobia, bringing luxury gifts for the Macrobian king to ...
African historiography became organized at the academic level in the mid-20th century. [263] Members of the Ibadan School, such as Kenneth Dike and Saburi Biobaku, pioneered a new methodology of reconstructing African history using the oral traditions, alongside evidence from European-style histories and other historical sciences.
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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 ...
Ancient African people (15 C, 6 P) Ancient peoples of Africa (8 C, 12 P) Phoenician colonies in Africa (4 C, 3 P) S. Ancient Somalia (2 C, 25 P) T. Ancient Tunisia (5 ...
Films set in Sub-Saharan Africa in the pre-colonial period. The precise definition of "pre-colonial" varies, but it typically means prior to the 15th Century European landfall. The precise definition of "pre-colonial" varies, but it typically means prior to the 15th Century European landfall.
Africa's Great Civilizations is a PBS six-hour television series hosted and written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. [1] [2] It aired on PBS in the United States from February 27, 2017 to March 1, 2017. [ 3 ]
In 2014, ancient DNA analysis of a 2,330-year-old male forager's skeleton in southern Africa found that the specimen belonged to the L0d2c1c mtDNA haplogroup. This maternal clade is today most closely associated with the Ju, a subgroup of the indigenous San people , which points to population continuity in the region. [ 68 ]