Fascinating map of the stone ruins of pre-European civilizations in Africa

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Fascinating map of the stone ruins of pre-colonial civilizations in Africa, or Fascinating map of the stone ruins of pre-European civilizations in Africa?
Mali Empire - Wikipedia etc.
Ruins of stone stay around a lot longer than ruins of wood or mud or straw.
 
A lot of people forget that all humans came out of Africa about 100k years ago.
So there were a lot of advanced civilizations in Africa, that did pyramids.
Here is the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia.
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A lot of people forget that all humans came out of Africa about 100k years ago.
So there were a lot of advanced civilizations in Africa, that did pyramids.
Here is the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia.
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A lot of people forget that the "Out of Africa" model is a theory, not a fact. I tend to accept it, but it could be wrong. The Chinese, for example, believe that all humanity began in China—and they might be right. There's even some evidence that human-like primates lived in regions outside of Africa millions of years ago, long before modern humans appeared.

If you notice, all the early African civilizations existed in areas that could have been influenced by Egypt, which, contrary to the belief of some, was not a Black nation. Civilizations like Kush and others along the Red Sea traded with Egypt, which had several important ports along the coast. So, you could argue that Egyptian culture shaped or inspired these surrounding civilizations.
 
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A lot of people forget that the "Out of Africa" model is a theory, not a fact. I tend to accept it, but it could be wrong. The Chinese, for example, believe that all humanity began in China—and they might be right. There's even some evidence that human-like primates lived in regions outside of Africa millions of years ago, long before modern humans appeared.

If you notice, all the early African civilizations existed in areas that could have been influenced by Egypt, which, contrary to the belief of some, was not a Black nation. Civilizations like Kush and others along the Red Sea traded with Egypt, which had several important ports along the coast. So, you could argue that Egyptian culture shaped or inspired these surrounding civilizations.

The Elohim had colonies all over the planet and naturally the locals all thought that their colony was the "One and On;ly" .
The most interesting aspect is their HQ, which was probably what we refer to as Atlantis.
Possibly originally mid -Atlantic but almost certainly now what we call Antarctica .

P.S. Interesting Radiation signals from there very recently with no explanation .
 
What Hannibal, Kush and Great Zimbabwe had in common was haplogroup J that is particularly common in populations with connections to the Fertile Crescent. From there, ancient civilizations spread to East Africa and the Russian steppes, where most Europeans with haplogroup R1b today originated from. The Arab traders from East Africa reached Australia, where they left Arab coins behind, long before Captain James Cook discovered the continent.



Great Zimbabwe was part of a large and wealthy global trading network. Archaeologists have found pottery from China and Persia, as well as Arab coins in the ruins there. The elite of the Zimbabwe Empire controlled trade up and down the east African coast. However, the city was largely abandoned by the 15th century as the Shona people migrated elsewhere. The exact reasons for the abandonment are unknown, but it is likely that exhaustion of resources and overpopulation were contributing factors.

 
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Civilization in the Western world—or rather, outside of East Asia is often traced back to its beginnings in Mesopotamia, followed shortly thereafter by Ancient Egypt. I believe that most other civilizations in in this part of the world were influenced by these two foundational cultures.

However, it's also possible for a civilization to develop independently, without any outside influence. One of the primary requirements for a society to be considered a civilization is the development of a written language, which occurred in both Mesopotamia and Egypt.
 
They were building cathedrals in England while Ethiopians were living in stone huts.
 
They were building cathedrals in England while Ethiopians were living in stone huts.
That’s not quite right, but it does address the fact that cathedrals were being built in Europe during the Middle Ages. Ethiopia had already been a civilization for at least 1,000 years, and there were civilizations in sub-Saharan Africa—although Ethiopia was the only indigenous civilization that far south. The other sub-Saharan African civilizations were all inspired by Muslims. > The first requirement for civilization, in my view, is the development of a written language. There was no written language in sub-Saharan Africa before the Arabs introduced it. In contrast, Ethiopians developed their own written language, possibly inspired by South Arabian scripts. However, there were no indigenous writing systems south of Ethiopia; all other sub-Saharan societies used either Arabic or Roman scripts.
 
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