Spin Thread: fukk Egypt for a minute can we talk about West Africa and South Africa for a minute

[ba'al]

The kingdom of Benin

The kingdom of Benin began in the 900s when the Edo people settled in the rainforests of West Africa. By the 1400s they had created a wealthy kingdom with a powerful ruler, known as the Oba. The Obas lived in beautiful palaces decorated with shining brass.

Gradually, the Obas won more land and built up an empire. They also started trading with merchants from Europe.

For 200 years Benin was very successful, but in the 1600s the Obas started to lose control of their people. By the 1800s Benin was no longer strong or united. The kingdom came to a sudden end in 1897, when a British army invaded and made it part of the British Empire. The kingdom of Benin

Painting of Benin ruler with army.

King of Benin and Portuguese traders.

Art

 

[ba'al]

The first mathematical instrument ever in human history. Lebombo Bone. The ishgo bone was another.
The common mathematics system has a black origin .

 

[Poitier]

There is a 4000 year gap between Dynastic Egypt and Medieval West Africa

Furthermore, Bantu Africans have not lived in Southern Africa for "1000s of years"

 

[Bawon Samedi]

There is a 4000 year gap between Dynastic Egypt and Medieval West Africa

Furthermore, Bantu Africans have not lived in Southern Africa for "1000s of years"

This is exactly the same thing I use to say! Which is why there hardly was any "complex" civilizations in Southern Africa. Not saying South Africans can't built civilizations because they did, but they didn't have enough time to become that complex due to being recent migrants.

 

[Ol’Otis]

I think he was trolling and being a stereotypical hotep.

 

[ba'al]

There is a 4000 year gap between Dynastic Egypt and Medieval West Africa

Your right breh. I don't know if that was directed at me or Op. But 4000 years in Earth's History is like a blink of a eye to us. It's semantics but it's true. I don't think we should just single out Egypt and ignore the rest of the continent's history.

One poster mentioned Abubakari who discovered america 200 years before colombus. I think that should be talked about more for example.