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The medieval and early modern history of Africa spans from the medieval and early modern period until the colonial period in the history of Africa.

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Medieval and early modern Africa

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The medieval and early modern history of Africa spans from the medieval and early modern period until the colonial period in the history of Africa. The...

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Early Middle Ages

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The early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting...

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Wonders of the World

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Carrington (1880–1958). The Seven Wonders of the World: ancient, medieval and modern, reprinted in the Carington Collection (2003). ISBN 0-7661-4378-3...

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Early modern period

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is no equivalent "medieval" period. Various events and historical transitions have been proposed as the start of the early modern period, including the...

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African Dominion

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African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa, by Michael A. Gomez, focuses on the regions surrounding the Middle Niger...

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Africa

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and H. ergaster—the earliest Homo sapiens (modern human) remains, found in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Morocco, date to circa 233,000, 259,000, and 300...

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Early modern Europe

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Early modern Europe, also referred to as the post-medieval period, is the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning...

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Ancient Africa

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of Africa spans from the ancient period until the medieval and early modern period in the history of Africa. The ancient history of North Africa is inextricably...

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Early modern Britain

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Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events...

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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

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Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies. It is a web site with modern, medieval and ancient primary source documents, maps...

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Early modern warfare

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Early modern warfare is the era of warfare following medieval warfare. It is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development...

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Medieval art

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classify medieval art into major periods and styles, often with some difficulty. A generally accepted scheme includes the later phases of Early Christian...

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Colonisation of Africa

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of Africa can be dated back from ancient, medieval, or modern history, depending on how the term colonisation is defined. Ancient Greeks, Romans, and potentially...

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Medieval theatre

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of the pre-modern world, it is difficult to find appropriate terms. First, "medieval" denotes a time period (500–1500) far too large and complex to understand...

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Early world maps

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Representing the World and Its Inhabitants In Texts, Maps, and Images In Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edmonton: Department of English and Film Studies, University...

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Medieval Greek

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study of the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire. The beginning of Medieval Greek is occasionally dated back to as early as the 4th century, either...

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List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world

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were built in the medieval Near East and North Africa, which were used for grinding grain and other seeds to produce meals. Modern Oud: Although string...

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List of mercenaries

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Renaissance Italy. Pen and Sword, 2009. Murphy, David. Condottiere 1300–1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries. Oxford: Osprey, 2007. Early modern Dempsey, Guy. Napoleon's...

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Early modern philosophy

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It succeeded in the medieval era of philosophy. Early modern philosophy is usually thought to have occurred between the 16th and 18th centuries, though...

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Middle Ages

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of the three traditional divisions of Western history: antiquity, medieval, and modern. Major developments include the predominance of agriculture in the...

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Kingdom of Sicily

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state that existed in the south of the Italian Peninsula and, for a time, in Northern Africa from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816...

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African empires

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(1450–1629) was a medieval kingdom located between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Remnants...

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Architecture of Africa

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ancient, medieval, and early modern periods in Somalia. It also encompasses the fusion of Somalo-Islamic architecture with Western designs in modern times...

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Types of swords

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weapon. Small sword Spadroon Stiletto Viking sword or Carolingian sword: early medieval spatha Zweihänder: 1500–1600 Germany Basket-hilted sword Colichemarde...

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Zanj

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from 6 medieval and early modern (AD 1250–1800) coastal towns and an inland town after AD 1650 in order to determine the proportions of "African-like,...

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Cartography of Africa

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particularly in West Africa and Ethiopia. The earliest cartographic depictions of Africa are found in early world maps. In classical antiquity, Africa (also Libya)...

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Medicine in the medieval Islamic world

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both modern society and medieval Islamic society, anaesthesia and antisepsis are important aspects of surgery. Before the development of anesthesia and antisepsis...

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Early modern European cuisine

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of early modern Europe (c. 1500–1800) was a mix of dishes inherited from medieval cuisine combined with innovations that would persist in the modern era...

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West Africa

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dominant Yoruba state and the Aro Confederacy as a dominant Igbo state in modern-day Nigeria. The Kingdom of Nri was a West African medieval state in present-day...

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