Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of anatomically modern … See more

North-East Africa and the Horn of Africa
North-East Africa
The ancient history of North Africa is inextricably linked to … See more

North Africa
The turn of the 6th century saw much of North Africa controlled by the Byzantine Empire See more

Between 1878 and 1898, European states partitioned and conquered most of Africa. For 400 years, European nations had mainly limited their involvement to trading stations on the African coast, with few daring to venture inland. The Industrial Revolution See more

The first known hominids evolved in Africa. According to paleontology, the early hominids' skull anatomy was similar to that of the gorilla and the chimpanzee, great apes that also evolved in Africa, but the hominids had adopted a bipedal locomotion which … See more

Early colonialism
Prior to the scaling of European colonialism in the 19th century, the Portuguese were the … See more

The wave of decolonization of Africa started with Libya in 1951, although Liberia, South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia were already independent. Many countries followed in the 1950s … See more