Africa

Main

Kingdom of Axum

100 - 700

Kingdom of Ghana

300 - 1100

Axum conquered Kush

350

Origins Sudanese kingdoms

500

Ghana kingdoms

600 - 1100

Christianity held against Islam

700 - 1200

Muslim conquest of North America

700 - 800

Conversion of West Sudanians and Swahili Islam begins

800

Many Swahili

800 - 1200

Great Zimbabwe

900 - 1400

Bure goldfield dried up

1000

Great period

1000 - 1500

Kingdom of Mali flourishes

1250 - 1450

Oyo

1300 - 1700

Mansa Musa

1307 - 1332

Alafins sway over many countries

1400

Ewuare

1400

Zimbabwe's gold began to peter out

1500

Ife started

3000