Portal:Pan-Africanism/Selected history/1
The Homo sapiens), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. The earliest known recorded history arose in the Kingdom of Kush, and later in Ancient Egypt, the Sahel, the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa.
Following the
AD
, creating a linguistic commonality across much of the central and Southern continent.
During the
Aksumite Empire. At its peak, prior to European colonialism
, it is estimated that Africa had up to 10,000 different states and autonomous groups with distinct languages and customs.
From the mid-7th century, the
Sahara Desert
.