From 1870 to 1914, driven by the great force and hunger of the Second Industrial Revolution, European colonisation of Africa developed rapidly, as the major European powers partitioned …

Organised farming begins in Egypt. The Sahara desert begins to spread in Africa due to climate change. Speakers of the Bantu language begin migrating southward. Farmers and herders …

Jul 31, 2025 · The history of modern humans began in Africa, which is also home to several remarkable ancient civilizations. Some of these civilizations existed thousands of years ago, …

Mar 27, 2025 · This article explores the evidence supporting Africa as the birthplace of humanity, how early humans evolved and migrated, and how their legacy continues to shape our world …

From this core, expansion began about 3,000 years ago, with one stream going into East Africa, and other streams going south along the African coast of Gabon, the Democratic Republic of …

Mar 22, 2011 · People had always built their homes in towns and cities along the banks of the Nile. The earliest inhabitants of this region were Stone-Age hunter-gatherers who found the …

Feb 9, 2025 · Analyses of mitochondrial DNA have estimated that the recent African origin of modern humans, i.e., exodus from Africa, the major migration from Africa, occurred …

The colonization of Africa by European powers is explored in this timeline, beginning with early Portuguese explorations in the 15th century and ending with the United Nations trusteeships …

Oct 28, 2023 · Beginning around 12,000 years ago, a wide-ranging set of developments emerged independently in several societies across the world. Plants and animals were domesticated, …

This is particularly true of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. In the Horn of Africa the Kingdom of Aksum ruled modern-day Eritrea, northern Ethiopia and the coastal area of the western part of the …