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Summary

Description	Africa History Atlas Diachronic map showing pre-colonial cultures of Africa (spanning roughly 500 BCE to 1500 CE) This map is "an artistic interpretation" using multiple and disparate sources.
Date	1 May 2007
Source	Own work
Author	Jeff Israel (ZyMOS)
Other versions	Derivative works of this file: African-civilizations-map-imperial.png español македонски українська Ελληνικά

Civilizations

These civilizations are shown on the map above

Mali Empire (done):
        [4], [5], [6], [7], [8](1300), 14

Nok Culture(done):
        http://perso.orange.fr/miltiade/Civilisation_de_Nok.htm
        [5]

Fulani empire (aka sokoto empire, Sokoto Calphate, Fulani Empire of Sokoto)  (fulani people are different) (done):
        [2], [10e], [11e]
Akan States (generric term for states with the akan people)(Done): 
 [7], 
Benin: (done)
        [7],[14],[16]
Hausa (done)
        [7], [10],[16]

Kingdon of Kangaba (1000AD?) (done)
        [8](1235)

Christian Ethiopia(done)
        [5]

Songhai Empire (done)
        http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Mapa_shonghai.svg
        [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8](1300), [16]
        http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/westafrica/haxmali.html
        http://empathosnationenterprises.com/Consulate/EN-Library/Black-Studies/afempire.html

Empire of Ghana (done):
        [4], [5], [6], [7]

Wolof: (15th century) (done)
        [2],[2c],[14]

Empire of Kanem:(done)
        [15]

Fatimid caliphate(done) 909-1171AD
        [2b],[6b]

Ayyubid dynasty (done) 1171-1250ad
        [1b], [5e], [6e]

Umayyad Caliphate (done) 661-750
        [5b]

Yoruba yorubaland    (done)
        [4b],[2c]

Igbo    (done)
        [4b],

Great Zimbabwe (done):
        [5], [7]

Kingdom of aksum (Axum?) 1bc-7ad  (done)
        [12b],[14b],[15b]

Kongo Kingdom     (done)
        [1c], [2c],[15]

Luba State (done) 15-19th century
        [2c],[4c]

Lunda State (done) 15-19th century
        [2c],[4c],[16]

Carthaginian Empire(done) (220BCE) Carthage
        [2c], [3c]

Persian Achaemenid Empire (done)
        [2e],3e].4e],[

THE PTOLEMIES (done)
        [8e], [9e]

Civilizations to be added

These civilizations have not been added because the borders have not yet been confirmed, or there is some uncertainty if they are a true civilization. Please add them to the map if you are able to define the borders of these civilizations.


Mane (1000-2000)(city) [41]

Kano (independent city-state) (1000-1903):
 [14]

Kaarta (kingdom of Kaarta) (1753-1854):
 [14]

Macina (Macina Empire) (aka Dina of Massina, Sise Jihad state, and Caliphate of Hamdullahi) (1818-1862):
 [14]

Segou (city 1620):
 [14]

Kingdom of Fouta Djallon (Futa Djalon or Kingdom of Fuuta Jallon):
 [14]

Hausa Bakwai (initial stage Hausa):
 [11e]

Wassoulou Empire (Ouassoulou) (1878 - 1898) :
 [14]

Kénédougou Kingdom (Kenedougou) (1650-1898):
 [14]

Ouagadougou (15th century CITY):
 [14]

Ashanti Kingdom:
	[14]

Dahomey:
	[14]

Gando (16th century town):
	[14]

kingdom of Takrur (c. 800 - c. 1285) :
	[8](1300), [13]

Oyo empire (1400-1796)


Bornu Empire (1396-1893):
        [2],[15], [10e]

Bornu-Kanem (a portion of kanem history where they merged):
	[7],[2c]

Wodaabe (a people of africa):
	[10]

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1174-1820):
	[2],[12], 

Kush?Kushite kingdom?:

Axum (see kingdom of aksum):

Buganda kingdom (changed to Unganda, but remained as Buganda people):

Lozi???:

Malawi Empire (late 15th centure and converted to Malawi Contry):

Kilwa (Kilwa Kisiwani, 9th century,  is an Islamic community is present day tanzania):
	[2c]

Abyssinia???:
        [2], [7]

Soha????:
        [2],

Nubia (Makuria, Nobatia, Alodia kingdom):
	[7], 

Kingdom of Kerma(2500BC-1520BC):

=North Central=

Sahariano??:
	[1], 

Maban????????:
        [1],

Fur(a people:
        [1],

Sudanes Central (language Central Sudanic):
        [1],

=East Central=

Sudanes Meridional???:
        [1],

Berta(language>:
        [1],

Kunama(a people):
        [1],

Komuz???instument:
        [1],

Aksumite Civilization
	[7b], [9b(maybey], [13b(aksum)]

Kingdom of Sheva???
	[8b]

Egypt
	[10b]

JolofEmpire (also called Dyolof or Wolof), wolof should be changed to this:
	[11b]


Meroe(city, capital of Kushitic Kingdom)) 
	[12b]

Bantu(ethnic group)
	[12b]

Khoisan(ethnic group)
	[12b]

Almoravid Empire
	[5c], [1f]
	
Monomotapa
	[2c],[16]

Lozi
	[2c]

Zulu Kingdom
	[2c]

Merina
	[2c]

Malawi
	[2c]

Rawanda
	[2c]

Buganada
	[2c]

Kazembe
	[4c]


Punt (3000BC-1000BC):
	location lost in time

D'mt (800BC-100BC):


Gudit (1000AD):

Zagwe Dynasty (1000-1268AD):
	[6e]
	
Solomonic dynasty (1270-1974AD)

Himyar:
	[1d]

Qataban:
	[1d]

Saba:
	[1d]

Hadhramaut:
	[1d]

Thutmoses 1
	[1e]

Ramesses II
	[1e]

Assurbanipal, empire of 
	[7e]

Mbunda Kingdom
	[12e], [13e]

Editing this page and map

Suggestions before editing this map: Be sure to confirm it with multiple sources, and that it would be considered a true civilization. Also if you add to the map please name the layers and objects to keep it organized. A lot of the civilizations on this page do not have the times they existed. If this could be added it would be very beneficial. Then the map could be easily split into eras.

References

The original map came from

Image:Africa map political-fr.svg, by Eric Gaba.
some of the features where removed to simplify it.

[1] http://www.proel.org/mundo/songhai.htm
[2] http://afriquepluriel.ruwenzori.net/africa-atlas22.htm archive copy at the Wayback Machine
[3] https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sghi/hd_sghi.htm
[4] http://buckley6thgradehistory.pbwiki.com/AceWiki
[5] "The Harper Atlas of World History", 1987, William Collins Son & Co Ltd, New York, pg131
[6] https://www.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/imageislam/westAfrica.gif
[7] http://empathosnationenterprises.com/Consulate/EN-Library/Black-Studies/afempire.html
[8] http://www.plu.edu/~allenjjj/img/The%20Mali%20Empire.jpg archive copy at the Wayback Machine
[9] http://www.mythinglinks.org/afr~subsahara~HausaFulani.html
[10] http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/countries/Niger.html
[11] is [6b]
[12] http://www.meitmuseum.org/toah/hd/maml/hd_maml.htm
[13] http://www.uv.es/~ivorra/Historia/AEM/SigloXg.htm
[14] http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/westafrica/haxmali.html
[15] http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/MapImages/Africa1500-1800-display.jpg
[16] http://www.flotte2.com/1800AD.htm archive copy at the Wayback Machine

[1d] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GDRT230.jpg

[1f] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Almoravid-empire-en.svg

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:49, 16 February 2024	1,390 × 1,295 (488 KB)	Ahiise2	Changed "Bachwezi Empire" to "Kitara Empire" to be consistent with other versions of the file
	04:11, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (487 KB)	Alphathon	moved rivers to the top
	03:33, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (487 KB)	Alphathon	One more time…
	03:27, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (486 KB)	Alphathon	Found some more errors
	03:16, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (489 KB)	Alphathon	Some final clean-ups and fixes
	02:59, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (471 KB)	Alphathon	Apparently I duped The Persian Archaemenid Empire (now fixed). Also fixed borders of said empire.
	02:50, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (452 KB)	Alphathon	Reinstated "Akan" on proper vector version of the map and tidied up some sea-borders (some still need looking at)
	02:02, 20 September 2011	1,390 × 1,295 (297 KB)	Alphathon	Reverted to version as of 22:11, 20 July 2010 - previous version was not a vector image
	17:42, 26 March 2011	2,000 × 1,863 (2.66 MB)	Medicineman84	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information \|Description=Africa History Atlas Diachronic map showing pre-colonial cultures of Africa (spanning roughly 500 BCE to 1500 CE) This map is "an artistic interpretation" using multiple and disparate sources. \|Source={
	22:11, 20 July 2010	1,390 × 1,295 (297 KB)	Ras67	font fault resolved