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21 Most Famous and Powerful kingdoms/Empires in the History of Africa



1) The Songhai Empire (1401-1600) - Niger ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช, Mali ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Mauritania ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท, Senegal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ, Nigeria๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ, Guinea ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ, The Gambia๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ, Algeria (south) ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, Burkina-Faso๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ, and Ivory Coast ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, Chad ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ 

2) The Kingdom of Egypt - Egypt ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ

3) The Aksumite( Axum) Empire(100-940 CE) - Ethiopia/Eritrea ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น/๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท

4) The Mali Empire (1235 to 1670)- Mali ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, Senegal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ, Burkina Faso ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ, Niger ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช, Guinea ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ, The Gambia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ, Guinea-Bissau ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ, Ghana ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ 

5) The Great Benin Empire(1440-1897) - Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

6) The Empire of Ghana( Wagadugu 601 - 1240) - Mauritania ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท, Senegal๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ

7) The Great Zimbabwe Empire (1220-1450 CE)- ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ

8) The Ethiopian Empire ( Abyssinia ) 1270 (beginning of Solomonid Dynasty) until 1974 - Ethiopia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น

9) The Kingdom of Kush (1069 BCE and 350 CE) - Sudan/ South Sudan ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ/๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ

10) The Kingdom of Kongo ( 1301 - 1665 ) - Angola ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด DRC ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Congo ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ and Gabon ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

11) The Oyo Empire.(1300s-1835) - Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
12) The Carthage Empire (814 BC–146 BC)- Tunisia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ
13) Kanem-Bornu Empire. (1396-1893)- Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
14) The Mutapa Empire (c. 1450-1629)- Zimbabwe/Mozambique ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ/๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

15) Ashanti Empire. (1701 to 1901)- Ghana ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ 
16) The Aro Confederacy (1690–1902)- Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
17) The Jolof Empire. (1350 to 1549)- Senegal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ
18) The Kingdom of Nri (800AD until 1911)- Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
19) The Luba Empire.(1585–1889) - DRC ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ
20) The Nok Civilization.(1500 BC — c. 500) AD- Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
21) The Zulu Empire (1816-1897)- South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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