Ancient African Civilizations and Global Influence
The article notes Africa as the cradle of humanity with 200000 years of habitation and outlines migration patterns 50000 years ago. It highlights Egypt and Nubia in the Nile Valley from 3100 B.C. to 332 B.C. and their trade, scholarship, and diplomacy influencing Asia and the Mediterranean. Nubia corresponds to present day Sudan. It also cites African migrants shaping over 1000 ethnic groups and 800+ languages worldwide.
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Egypt
Nubia
Africa
Nile Valley
Asia
Mediterranean
Origins and Abolition of Atlantic Slavery
The text outlines the rise of transatlantic slave trade about 500 years ago with Europeans and Africans exchanging enslaved people. It notes African rulers traded captives, wars fueled captures, and resistance persisted though the trade lasted about 400 years until Brazil banned slavery in 1888.
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Brazil
Americas
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Earth
Sudan
Senegal
Gambia
Sahara
Guinea
Bissau
Mauritania
Sierra
Leone
Liberian
Cote
Mali
D'Ivoire
Algeria
Equatorial Guinea
Samerooni
Sao Tome
Tunisia
Angola
Namibia
Republic
OF the Congo
Botswana
Jeritrea
Kenya
Swaziland
Somalia
Madagascar
Mary Jo Arnoldi
National Museum of Natural History
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Washington, D.C
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