African History
The Sultanate of Mogadishu was an important trading center in Somalia for several hundred years between the 9th and 13th century although many historians...
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The Sultanate of Mogadishu was an important trading center in Somalia for several hundred years between the 9th and 13th century although many historians...
The Benin Empire was one of the longest-lasting empires in all of West African history. It was located in modern-day Southern Nigeria and dominated...
The Songhai Empire was a short-lived Western African State controlled by an ethnic group with the same name – the Songhai. Despite the fact...
The Sultanate of Ifat was a Muslim state in modern-day Ethiopia and Somaliland. It briefly existed for less than 150 years between the 13th...
The Kaabu Empire was originally part of the larger Mali Empire in the 16th century and served as a western extension or, in other...
Before there was the Burundian state, the lands of the future Kingdom of Burundi were inhabited by various tribes and ethnic groups. The two...
Buganda is the largest of the five subnational kingdoms in present-day Uganda. Due to the lack of written history, there are several popular versions...
If there is one ancient African Empire that stands out in history, it would be the Kingdom of Aksum, otherwise known as the Ethiopian...
The idea of history in today’s society is much different than it was 50 years ago. Today, we are fully aware that there are...
The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the most enigmatic–if not the most— structures ever created on Earth. Many researchers believe we cannot...