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The Kingdom of Aksum was an ancient kingdom of Africa. ... in a wide variety of products including salt, gold, ivory, gems, cloth, glass, and olive oil.

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See all the interesting geological features of Africa. Look at the key to see the interesting features. Some of them are Archen Crust and Poliziodic Toid Belt.

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This gives information on the social structure in Africa. At the top is the Emperor, which is the ruler. Then the government officials which includes the Vizer, Prist, and Noble. Then the soldiers who protected the mainland. After that the scribes who wrote important stuff down. Then Merchants who sold and traded. After that, Craftsmen and Peasants below Craftsmen. Finally we have slaves.

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The Majority of people in Africa were farmers who farmed goods and took care of crops. Traders were important to the economy, moving goods across the deserts. A lot of them were wealthy and moved on to ancient politics. Most people had huts.

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This is a link to a video about ancient Architecture.

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Ancient African Architecture: History & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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Ancient African architecture varies in construction materials and building methods. Learn about African architecture, Egyptian architecture,...

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Africa had beautiful ancient libraries like the one above. One of these are the Sacred Monastery of the God. It includes 3,300 pieces of literature and drawings for the ancient people to study.

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Gold and salt trade via the Sahara Desert has been going on for many centuries. Gold from Timbuktu, a city in the modern-day West African country of Mali, and other West African states was traded north to the Mediterranean in exchange for luxury goods and, ultimately, salt from the desert.

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Kumbi, also called Koumbi Saleh, last of the capitals of ancient Ghana, a great trading empire that flourished in western Africa from the 9th through the 13th century.

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One important trade route went from Timbuktu across the Sahara to Sijilmasa. Once the goods reached Sijilmasa they might be moved to many places including the port cities of Marrakesh or Tunis. Other trade routes included Gao to Tunis and Cairo to Agadez.

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Iron played a central role in many societies of early Africa. It held both spiritual and material power. Physically, Africans used iron to create tools for agriculture, utensils for everyday life, and weapons for protection and conquest. People wanted gold for its beauty, but they needed salt in their diets to survive. … These qualities made salt very valuable. In fact, Africans sometimes cut up slabs of salt and used the pieces as money.

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Camels were first domesticated by the Berbers of North Africa around 300 CE. With the use of camels trade routes began to form between cities across the Sahara Desert.

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Timbuktu, French Tombouctou, city in the western African country of Mali, historically important as a trading post on the trans-Saharan caravan route and as a centre of Islamic culture (c. 1400–1600).

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This is the ruins of fort wonderboom in in Southern Africa.

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The ruins of Fort Wonderboom, built in 1897, as one of the 4 Forts built to defend the capitol city during the Boer War. Famously, none of the 4 forts of Pretoria ever fired their canons in battle.

The Fort was demolished early in the seciond world war, to ensure it would not fall into enemy hands, and be used as a base to attack the city it was built to protect.

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Ruins of Fort Wonderboom 360 Panorama | 360Cities

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The ruins of Fort Wonderboom, built in 1897, as one of the 4 Forts built to defend the capitol city during the Boer War. Famously, none of the 4 forts of Pretoria ever fired their canons in battle.

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Beginning with Muhammad's own house, mosques came to be used for many public functions—military, political, social, and educational. Schools and libraries were often attached to medieval mosques

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Islam came to root along the East African coast some time in the 8th century, as part of a continuing dialogue between the people on the East coast and traders from the Persian Gulf and Oman. Like early Christianity, Islam was monotheistic, that is, Muslims worship only one God.

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The Priests were a higher people then others. They were supposedly the link between people a deities. A priest serves the diete (God) and protects the temple of them.

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The Supreme God was believed to create the world. He was prayed to for help. Though since there were multiple religions some people also would think that the Supreme God would not interact with humans.

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The Red Sea is a inland sea bordered by Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea. It is connected to the Indian ocean and Gulf of Aden. The Red Sea contains the world's hottest slat water.