africa  

Today i would like to share about africa. Civilization in africa began to appear more than 5,000 years ago with the rise of ancient Egypt. from about 2,500 years ago in sub-saharan africa many other different kingdoms also developed.The sahara acted as a barrier to keep thes area separate from the rest of the world until the arrival of Arab traders in the 8th century. from the 15th century,the arrival of Europeans, the subsequent slave trade, and European imperialism had a profound effect on the continent. since the 1950s, all African nations have reclaimed independence, although modern Africa continues to sruggle with its post-colonial legacy and environmental problems.
spread of religeons is the another task. From the 8th century, trade, conquests, and colonialism spread religions such as islam completly replaced traditional religions, which often included the worship of ancestors.
By the 1470s the portuguese were trading copper, brass, gold, and slaves with Benin in West Africa. In the 1480s, the portuguese arrived in the islands of principe and sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea, just off the west African Coast. They estabvlished sugar plantations, and forced African captives to work as slaves on the plantations. This was the beginning of European domination in Africa.