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The kingdom Aksum controlled a trade network that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India.
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Many people in Akskum became Shristian as mews about the religion spread. Aksum soon became a center of the early Ethiopian Christian Church.
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Surrounding empires destroy Roman Empire.
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Aksum began to decline as Arabs took control of much of the region's trade.
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Trade affected the culture of coastal East Africa. Some of the traders who visited the area or settled were Muslim. They were introduced to this new language.
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This marks the start of Arab rule in North Africa.
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The Kingdom of Mali and Mali's Kings controlled the gold mines of South Africa and salt supplies of North Africa
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Great Zimbabwe was located near the bend of the Limpopo River in Southern Africa. Ruins still remain in present time.
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They began sailing along Africa's West Coast in search of gold.
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When 3 Portuguese ships rounded the tip of Southern Africa and sailed along Africa's Eant Coast, this began. They controlled the wealth of East Africa's Coast until way into the 1600's.
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They were conquered by Portugal, and were used for Portugual's idea for their own trading empire.
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This marks the start of the "Slave Trade."
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The "Slave Trade" ends, and Europe begins colonizing Africa.
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This inspires Africans to fight for freedom.
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The uprise for freedom in Arab countries, after Mohammed Boazizi lights himself on fire, begins.
