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What are some Ancient Roman-level political fukkery time periods in African history?
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After Umayyads conquered North Africa, they tried to do the same to Ghana Empire but were spanked and stopped there. It is not the desert that stopped Arabs from conquering the Sahel and below, just like it wasn't malaria or yellow fever that stopped Europeans from colonizing Africa from 15th to late 19th/early 20th centuries. They were just defeated.
"Immediately following the occupation of North Africa, the first Umayyads sent an army to attempt the conquest of the Empire of Ghana. It was defeated...". The remaining defeated soldiers(who were still alive, of course) were later allowed to settle in and serve the kingdom.
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A painting depicting the battle.
Another crazy one that not many people know, although it happened recently...Napoleon, Prince Imperial, and descendant of Napoleon I, was killed by Zulus. His dad was Napoleon III, Emperor of France from 1852 to 1870.
"In England, he trained as a British Army officer. Keen to see action, he persuaded the British to allow him to participate in the Anglo-Zulu War. In 1879, serving with British forces, he was killed in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. His early death caused an international sensation and sent shockwaves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious dynastic hope for the restoration of the House of Bonaparte to the throne of France."
"Zabanga stabbed the prince again with an assegai, followed by Gwabakana; and then the prince suffered a final blow from Klabawathunga - who stabbed the prince in the right eye - penetrating the prince's brain and killing him. When the prince's corpse was recovered the next day, it was found naked and an examination by surgeon-major F. B. Scott counted 18 wounds - all of which were stab wounds."
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That's crazy! I never knew this. Thanks breh
I always recommend that people start with Basil Davidson. He is an Englishman and I think that he began studying African Empires and Kingdoms when he was in the British Army stationed in West Africa. He wrote some pretty good stuff. To get you started I would recommend that you read his books "African Civilization" and "African History." In his books he does not separate Egypt from the rest of Africa, because as a student of African history he realized 70 years ago that there is no difference between the two; and modern science, scholars and linguists are just now figuring that out.
Then you should undertake a study of West Africa, which will make you realize that there are two separate regions namely the Sahel and the Forest Belt. The Sahel civilizations by and large became Muslims 1,100 to 1.200 years ago. Whereas the people in the Forest Belt became Christians more or less a little over 100 years ago, except in Congo where they converted to Catholicism about 400 or 500 years ago.
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Ancient Egypt is going to be your answer.
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There's 53 other Nations in Africa each with their own history so it is just one of many answers.
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On the level of Ancient Rome.......That's going to be Ancient Egypt. It was a world power way before Rome.
The level of influence can be seen by Europeans taking obelisks from Egypt and scattering them throughout the world.
Rome has a bunch, at least a dozen. There's one in New York City........Istanbul
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