Timeline of African History Foldout Chart

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3 years ago

October 8, 2021

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More Africa videos:
Ethiopian Emperors Family Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKGAytshAq0&list=PL5Ag9n-o0IZD41_L1X1l0PdNsqtNr0aJY&index=40
Mali Emperors Family Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CxHARorp3I&list=PL5Ag9n-o0IZD41_L1X1l0PdNsqtNr0aJY&index=48
Rain Queens Family Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHEJy61HWqc&list=PL5Ag9n-o0IZD41_L1X1l0PdNsqtNr0aJY&index=37
Zulu Kings Family Tree: https://youtu.be/NsoQRh2aqZQ
Swazi Kings Family Tree: https://youtu.be/b7Ev6i3wXLA

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Charts/Narration: Matt Baker https://usefulcharts.com/
Animation: Syawish Rehman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0O2efB4K66UUaT7QJPVNA
Audio Editing: Jack Rackam https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQzyr4MWn1b9W4TdpxxeKw
Intro music: “Lord of the Land” by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. http://incompetech.com

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@UsefulCharts

October 9, 2021 at 1:07 am

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@TheRealFeechLaManna

November 13, 2022 at 5:38 pm

Seems to me he forgot all the arrows of humans going east as slaves into the Midde Eastern and in particular Moslem Arabic world. That went on for almost a thousand years and far more black slaves went East than West, even long after the West abolished slavery and forced the world to follow suit. And shouldn't there be just a few arrows TO North-Africa, representing the more than a million European slaves the Moslem pirates and armies caught and send that way?

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@yahyahaji6143

December 28, 2022 at 1:09 pm

No zenji empire at all timeline in African history? May be I was not kept you well on what you present.
Thanks
Yahya
Zanzibar

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@mudaneyegbicadaan8860

January 8, 2023 at 7:23 pm

Africa will be renamed as the Somali Republic 🇸🇴, in the upcoming few years. Just so you Historians know. A glimpse of the future.

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@LordDohlee

January 19, 2023 at 2:05 pm

Lies

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@vaktus3380

February 8, 2023 at 12:25 pm

The Abbasids only ever controlled as west as Tunisia, there was independent polities in modern Morocco and Algeria, The Almoravids also didnt break away from the fatimid Caliphate.

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@ictershine5056

April 14, 2023 at 10:21 am

How come this guy didn’t talk about the Nri civilization in eastern nigeria , I’m sure they been around even before the Bantu settled in nigeria 🇳🇬

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@ictershine5056

April 14, 2023 at 10:24 am

How come this guy didn’t talk about the Nri civilization in eastern nigeria , I’m sure they been around even before the Bantu settled in nigeria 🇳🇬

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@putzhead

April 23, 2023 at 6:11 pm

Wonderful chart. I also love the charts on World History, Writing Systems, and Evolution. Thanks for making such a great product.

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@SaintNjuguna

May 10, 2023 at 5:20 pm

You forgot to mention East African coast civilizations, Swahili city states, Empire of Zanzibar, Ajouran sultanate, Kingdom of Adal, Mozambiqan empires, Malagasy, Bugandan Kingdom, Ruanda-Urundi Kingdom and many more, North East Africa was completely left out

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@bwambalestevenmateson3291

May 16, 2023 at 11:00 am

Nice start and flow of the charts. But I feel there is more of the great kingdoms you missed before the moder error. While the kingdom of kongo was ruling in the now DRCongo and Congo, Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole all who allegedly had been precolonised by the Bachwezi(extraterrestrial beings with supernatural powers) were existing. They are Bantu who trace from Nigerian. The kushites were had divided into small kingdoms in sundan and North of East Africa.
During the modern era the Tooro kingdom slept from the Bunyoro kingdom and the Rwezururu kingdom formed by the Konzo who had been spilt from the Congo empire by the boundaries of Uganda and Congo. Although the Rwenzuru kingdom had some minor chiefdoms have a come practice that traces routes before Islam. Male circumcision.

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@karamoceesay246

May 27, 2023 at 8:34 am

This is still history told by Europeans or hellenistic German Academia from Göttingen University in der Niedersächsischen Universität Göttingen. Very sad that we have some artefacts, written and unwritten oral as evidence but all Europeans hate is to say Egypt before Invasion was african, its like saying Rome was not European civilisation that how i hate to listen to Any white sources now about Africa very rich in history and natural resources that God had ever created, Africa dont the world but the world still needs Africa to maintain exploitation of the children of the Sun.

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@genighmartin4999

May 28, 2023 at 10:32 pm

You wouldn't have one that follows human evolution and the migrations out Africa and other land masses around the world?

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@lblack1961

June 20, 2023 at 12:39 pm

I just purchased your book. It looks really useful for studying Comparative Mythology and thinking about stories and culture and how they "travel".

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@clairisalong126

September 9, 2023 at 12:34 am

Where is hapla group L1?

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@maganhassan2627

September 10, 2023 at 8:17 am

I'm sure islam first spread to africa ruling parts of it by rashidan caliphate not umayyad 🤔 unless i'm missing something here?

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@okuhlemenyelwa2107

October 17, 2023 at 1:28 pm

I am from South Afrika. I'm greatly dissatisfied with this documentary. Zulu kingdom was not the major kingdom in Southern Africa. In fact, it was one of the five major kingdoms in South Africa. We have Swati kingdom, Xhosa kingdom, Sotho kingdom and Ndebele kingdom. Before they split into six kingdoms, there were only two kingdoms, which were Sotho and Nguni kingdom, of which both come from the Bantu tribe.

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@akuaakasha3667

October 25, 2023 at 3:46 pm

Alexander THE Theif

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@akuaakasha3667

October 25, 2023 at 3:51 pm

ALL THESE OTHER NATIONS THAT INVADED OUR LAND ARE NOTHING BUT COWARDS . THEY CAME IN UNDER DISGUISE SAYING (THEY COME IN PEACE) AND WE WELCOME THEM. IF THEY HAD SHOWN US IT WAS WAR THEY WANTED FROM THE GET GO THEN I KNOW THAT WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD GET.

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@arteyfrustracion9030

November 7, 2023 at 11:59 pm

Nothing raises so many controversies than talking about African empires and kingdoms, attracting historical conspiracy theorists, Racists, historical supremacists, Crazy people, religious fanatics, people who are ashamed of the faults of their ancestors, people who deny that their ancestors did something horrible, and the classics who say, they weren't that great Because if they were, why didn't they colonize Europe and how can we not forget those who deny everything and say that Africans were savages and Europeans "civilized" them? ( I wonder where all those people come from, what they eat, how they live, with whom they associate) 🤔😏😂

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@Neo-African

November 12, 2023 at 7:05 am

09:31mins….I AM SORRY BUT ISLAM IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN AFRICAN HISTORY !!!
THE ARRIVAL OF ISLAM TO THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IN 639AD IS THE MOST DESTUSTIVE EVENT IN AFRICAN HISTORY,….A CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT AFRICA STILL HASN'T RECOVERED FROM TILL DATE…

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@felixotuoke5419

November 26, 2023 at 7:21 pm

By Middle East do you really mean northeast Africa? When did the terminology Middle East came into existence? Alexander the Macedonian.

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@amitabhbhatt4948

November 30, 2023 at 1:00 am

It's a great channel for history buffs. Matt explains things very well.

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@YKDATRUTH

December 19, 2023 at 4:18 am

Islam destroyed Africa.

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@andrewcarter5884

December 22, 2023 at 8:07 pm

This is so good to see I would love to see more of this in U.S. I’m a us born half Guyanese and I have lived in the US my whole life I can tell this would be perfect for the AA mind right now

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@argothiel

February 23, 2024 at 6:15 pm

@UsefulCharts: Is there a similar video summing up the Middle East?

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BLACK AFRICANS Are Ancestors To Early CHINESE Settlers

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BLACK AFRICANS Are Ancestors to Early CHINESE Settlers.

Did you know a remarkable historical connection between black Africans and early Chinese settlers dates back centuries? Today, this video uncovers a new perspective on Chinese civilization and its relationship to Black Africans. Through this exploration, we will discover the long-lasting impact of their shared experiences, illuminating the profound influence of their intertwined histories.

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AFRICANS VISITED AMERICA 2000 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS , 11 UNDENIABLE PROOFS ; Black History.

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11 Reasons Tp Prove That Africans Were in America 2000 years Before Colombus.
Let me take you on a journey through some of these fascinating pieces of evidence of African presence in America 2000 years before Columbus. Take them with a grain of salt if you have to, but I think they are worth some consideration.
1. Olmec Heads: The colossal stone heads created by the Olmec civilization in present-day Mexico, which date back to 1500 BCE to 400 BCE, feature distinctly African facial features. These heads feature facial features such as broad noses, full lips, and round faces that clearly resemble those of Africans more than the indigenous populations of the Americas. Tell me this is not a black man right there. The detailed and realistic nature of the Olmec heads suggests they were based on real individuals. It is no wonder not surprising that some researchers contend that these features indicate an African presence in pre-Columbian America.

2. African Artifacts in the Americas: Artifacts such as cotton from Africa and tobacco pipes found in pre-Columbian sites in South America have led some to speculate about transatlantic contact. In addition, metal artefacts with similar metallurgical techniques to those used in West Africa have been found in pre-Columbian American sites.

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3. Botanical Evidence: Certain plants like the bottle gourd and the sweet potato are thought to have originated in Africa and Asia but were present in pre-Columbian America, suggesting possible ancient transoceanic contact.

4. Linguistic Evidence: Some linguists claim to have found similarities between certain Native American languages and African languages. Some proponents argue that there are similarities between ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols found in Mesoamerican writing systems, such as those of the Maya. The Mandinka word “makala,” meaning “rice,” is compared to the similar-sounding words in some Native American languages.

Dr. Clyde Winters points to shared vocabulary and phonetic similarities, such as the word “yu” in Mandinka meaning “to give” and a similar-sounding word in the Olmec language with the same meaning.
Leo Wiener, in his early 20th-century work “Africa and the Discovery of America,” cited examples such as the Wolof word “tem” (to cut) and its similarity to the Algonquian word “temagun” (an axe).

5. THOR HEYERDAHL’S RAFT EXPERIMENTS: The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl demonstrated with his expeditions (Kon-Tiki and Ra) that it was possible to travel across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans using ancient boat-building techniques, suggesting that such voyages could have occurred in ancient times.

6. Ancient Maps: Some historical maps, such as the Piri Reis map, allegedly show parts of the American continent with a level of detail suggesting pre-Columbian exploration, potentially by African or other non-European civilizations.

7. Skull Analysis: Studies of certain skeletal remains, such as the Luzia Woman found in Brazil, have shown features that some anthropologists argue resemble those of African or Australoid populations rather than Native American populations.

8. Accounts from Early European Explorers: Some early European explorers, such as Vasco Núñez de Balboa, reported encountering dark-skinned peoples in the Americas upon their arrival.

9. Cultural Similarities: Some researchers point to cultural parallels between African and American civilizations, such as pyramid building, similar religious practices, and iconography, as potential evidence of contact.

10. Presence of Black peoples in Asia, Australia and the Pacific. If Black people can be found in as far as the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia many Islands in the Pacific, why can’t they be found in the Americas? I mean it makes no sense for the Americas to be the exception right?

11. Genetic Studies: While controversial and not universally accepted, some genetic studies have indicated the presence of haplogroups in Native American populations that are also found in African populations, suggesting ancient intermingling.

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