Africa boasts a rich and complex history, marked by the rise of powerful empires that shaped its destiny and left a lasting impact on the world. This was when Africa ruled the world.

The ancient history of Africa included great empires and many civilizations, but it was probably not the cradle of humanity, which came from modern humans leaving Eurasia and mixing with Denisovans in ...

Huge carved obelisks and stelas in northern Ethiopia were erected by the kings of the Aksum Empire, who ruled the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region for much of the first millennium A.D. The ...

BIG TERRITORY ADDED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE; What the Capture of Sokoto, in Central Africa, Means. The Once Great Fulah Empire at an End -- Conquered Region Contains 500,000 Square Miles.

According to UNESCO: “From the 6th century onwards, it developed into a great trading empire covering much of the Mediterranean and was home to a brilliant civilization.” ...

BEIT, DIAMOND KING, EMPIRE MAKER, IS DEAD; Great South African Financier Was Partner of Rhodes. FORMED THE DIAMOND TRUST One of the World's Richest Men, He Never Married and Lived a Retired Life ...

During his reign, Mansa Musa was a great patron of the arts and architecture over his great empire and is reputed to have paid a poet 200 kilograms of gold ($8.2 million today).