History of Africa
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title:
History of Africa
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Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago. This was followed by the emergence of modern humans in East Africa around 300,000–250,000 years ago. In the 4th millenium BC written history arose in Ancient Egypt, and later in Nubia’s Kush, the Horn of Africa’s Dʿmt, and the Maghreb's and Ifrikiya's Carthage. Sub-Saharan societies are generally termed oral rather than literate civilisations, owing to their use of oral tradition even when a writing system has historical
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Africa
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2001-11-10T22:02:33Z
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2024-09-13T20:13:04Z
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