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- Africa's Ancient Empires and States - Overview of early empires, states, and city-states in Africa.
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/resources/hg/ancient.html
- African Empires - A timeline from 1st - 15th centuries AD/CE, from Central Oregon Community College.
www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline2.htm
- Axum - Brief history of Axum and the Aksumites, located in the Ethiopian highlands near the Red Sea.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/AXUM.HTM
- Christians in Ethiopia - The beginning of Christianity in the Kingdom of Aksum and its subsequent spread throughout Ethiopia.
www.unesco.org/whc/exhibits/afr_rev/africa-l.htm
- City Plan of Ife - Map and information on the City of Ife, from the Harvard University Baobab Project.
baobab.harvard.edu/gis/WestAfricanCity/Ife/ifecity.html
- Great Zimbabwe - Information about the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, as well as rock painting dating back 30,000 years.
www.gorp.com/gorp/location/africa/zimbabwe/greatzim.htm
- Ife - Discussion of early Yoruba city-state, with Ife trade routes, portrait heads, and false kings.
web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/dubois/baobab/narratives/ife/Ife_Intro.html
- Songhay - Brief discussion of the Songhay people at Civilizations in Africa.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/SONGHAY.HTM
- The Mwenemutapa (Great Zimbabwe) - Overview of one of the first of the centralized states in southeastern Africa and part of the Bantu-speaking culture.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/MWEN.HTM
- The Swahili Kingdoms - Short discussion of Swahili civilizations at Civilizations in Africa.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/SWAHILI.HTM
- The World of the Mande - History, art and ritual in the Mande culture, including discussions of caste and class, roles, and cosmogony.
www.fandm.edu/departments/Anthropology/Bastian/ANT269/man.html
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