The Ancient and Medieval African Kingdoms: A Complete Overview

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The African Kingdoms goes over the BOTH the Ancient and Medieval periods of African history. It is meant to be an overview.
It begins with a general look at Africa's different natural regions, before getting into Ancient Africa (the Nubians, kingdom of Axum, the smaller cultures in North and West Africa, and the Bantu migrations), and then Medieval Africa (African religion, the coming of Islam, the Ethiopian Empire, the Swahili Coast, West African Empires, the Central and Southern kingdoms), and ending with daily life, slavery, and arts and culture.
NOTE1: A part of one of our previous videos (Ancient Africa) was used for a couple of sections near the beginning
NOTE2: Ancient Egypt was covered in our last megadoc
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0:00 Ancient Africa (Nubia, Axum, North and West Africa)
20:52 Medieval Africa (Ethiopia, Swahili Coast, West African Empires)
32:45 Medieval Africa (Central and Southern Bantu Kingdoms)
35:11 Daily Life and Slavery Routes
41:30 Arts and Culture (Art, Architecture, and Music)
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@MadeInHistory Жыл бұрын

What is your favorite African Kingdom or Empire?

@pouth111 Жыл бұрын

Kanem- bornu one of the longest lasting empires in history

@AskiatheGreat64 Жыл бұрын

My top 3 favourite African Kingdoms/Empires *Kingdom of Kush - The Kushites - From Sudan. Known for mastered weapons and bows (Ta-Seti). They are mentioned frequently in the Hebrew Bible. They also built pyramids like the Egyptians and had a great culture, language and history. They fought off multiple Invasions and once ruled Egypt for almost a century during the 25th Dynasty. They maintained a complex economy based on trade and industry. *The Kingdom of Aksum (Ethiopia) RIch culture, history, art, literature, and trade and power. Aksum became a major player on the commercial trade route between the Roman empire and ancient India. The Aksumite rulers facilitated trade by minting their own Aksumite currency, with the state establishing its hegemony over the declining Kingdom of Kush. *The Mali Empire - which was ruled by Mansa Musa who is arguably the richest person who has ever lived due to mass amounts of gold he possessed and generously gave to the poor. Abubakari II, Mansa (King) of the Mali Empire in the early 14th century, led Malian sailors to the Americas, specifically present-day Brazil, almost 200 years before Columbus arrived. We're not sure if the Malians actually reached to the Americas, but that voyage in 1311 did in fact took place.

@Jefflon_Zuckergates Жыл бұрын

@@AskiatheGreat64 the grave robbers destroyed these historic feats of engineering

@umueri1877 Жыл бұрын

The kingdom of Nri!

@alexislaisney3404 Жыл бұрын

The Islamic one that enslaved the darker ones like dogs

@laflamablanca-kh4xv Жыл бұрын

Why are so many people denying the existence of African empires/kingdoms? I thought all of this was common knowledge for people who enjoy history.

@hssrz7564 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Even though I knew a bit, I learned so much thanks to this video. More content like this is needed for us history buffs!

@NMYSHOEZ Жыл бұрын

Why because they must be racist because me being Mexican I can admit that Jesus and the Virgin Mary were black ppl and the white ppl know this to why do you think the pope bows down and kisses the black Madonna. It’s facts so why would it be so hard to believe that there was African kingdoms way more Sophisticated.

@makellasafe Жыл бұрын

Because they have to deny the existence. You have to put two and two together. American whites are as ignorant to world history esp. African world history because they have to hide, deny or blatantly lie about us to justify the upcoming purge on the black community

@laflamablanca-kh4xv Жыл бұрын

@@makellasafe agree in a sense but that isn’t limited to American white peoples, nor is it true for American white people as a whole. As an American white I have to say I’m not sure what the upcoming purge of the black community is that you’re referring to. Also would like to point out American white people are not a very unified group so you can’t really generalize us unless it’s in reference to white privilege or something else like that.

@laflamablanca-kh4xv Жыл бұрын

@@NMYSHOEZ there are a lot of racists but I don’t think it’s any where near an indisputable fact that Jesus was black. I would still say he was middle eastern but I’m no genealogist so I won’t claim that he was for a fact. Only thing that is a fact is that he wasn’t white.

@oktusprime3637 Жыл бұрын

I noticed something on KZfaq, whenever you watch videos about African civilizations, it's always full of comments from people either downplaying them or trying to discredit them. This only happens to African civilizations. You see no such thing about Japan, China, India, Persia, the Americas (Mayas, Incas, Aztetcs, etc), or anywhere else. It's truly something.

@OGseoulite Жыл бұрын

It’s racism, ignorance, and the historical erasure of black peoples accomplishments from our motherland

@whome3543 Жыл бұрын

@@OGseoulite it makes me so sad

@wwddwi2183 Жыл бұрын

Ha, they have to. If they don’t it’ll be discovered that Black Africans were in the countries named. This is why the pope pray to the Black Madonna. Tells me a whole lot or everything I need to know.

@wwddwi2183 Жыл бұрын

@@OGseoulite Lol it’s feigned ignorance, all over the world they know what it is.

@ItsSkwishy Жыл бұрын

Exactly! There is truly something going on

@LilyGrace95 10 ай бұрын

As a history fan, I'm ashamed to admit my knowledge of African history is pathetically lacking. Thank you for this detailed video, it was fascinating and a great starting point to learn more! ❤

@MadeInHistory 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Tony2ton-fn8bp 9 ай бұрын

😂 your kidding right 😂

@LilyGrace95 9 ай бұрын

@@Tony2ton-fn8bp No..? Why would I be kidding..? The only laughable thing here is you trying to mock someone when you don't even know the difference between your and you're...

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

NORTH AFRICA WAS AND STILL NOT BLACK: The blacks were hired warriors! They had nothing to do with all the achievements and intellectual advancements outside of what skills they provided in war. The moors exist thousands of years before Arabs or black African slaves came to Morocco in slavery trades, they were black soldiers in a section of Moroccan army, the dynasty and rulers and peoples were Berber speaking and writing Berber, nothing to have with black Africans, the Moorish kingdom is not black, stop stealing people history 😂😂😂😂

@gato-junino 2 ай бұрын

I'm very hapy with the main comment.

@ForeverAmberVegas 11 ай бұрын

Finally a pragmatic video about Africa that gets beyond Egypt and treats the rest of the continent with dignity. I’m in love with the Benin Bronzes and waited to see if you would mention them. I was not disappointed (could have shown more though.)

@HisameArtwork 10 ай бұрын

and isn't hotepist. I can't take a vid seriously when they say their ethnicity alone invented everything from the wheel to space travel. I get enough caucasian conspiracy vids entering my feed masquerading as history vids that when it's anything to do with Africa I'm extra weary since I don't know african history so if they showing me bullshit I can't tell it is so.

@safuwanfauzi5014 10 ай бұрын

Ancient Egypt was black like Prince Rahotep and his wife from old Kingdom. and also Queen Tiye mummy reconstuction, and tuya and tuya his parents. Ramses also black. black sub-saharan africa and africa america. we wuz kangz. we also have civilzation equal to Europe, Middle Easter/Arabs, Persian, Assyrian, Jewish/Hebrews, India, China, Japan, Southeast asia/Burmese, Mon, Khmer, Champa, Malays, Indonesia, Thai and Vietnamese. We are not like Papuan, Andaman Island Native/Jawara, Ongan, Melanesian, Australian Aboriginal, Khoisan, we are not hunter-gather, we dont have writing script, own book and manuscript, no numeral, no architecture, no temple equal to Angkor wat, Prambanan, Roman Temple, Arab mosque, European Church but we are also great like white and brown/middle eastern civilzation, that why Africa only used European Alphabet/Latin, Old south Arabian/Ge'ez script of Ethophia(half breed semitic from yemen) and Arabic, Madagacar half breed Malayan-Indonesian. the Malays the 1st to arrive to Madagacar not black africa because they have big ship busy others side maybe.

@chideraalexanderdex547 9 ай бұрын

@@GonyaKulie-pg6uohow is it false history pls do explain

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@cam060150 8 ай бұрын

@@adamqa1up

@TheGreatWhiteJoke 2 ай бұрын

As a white man myself im honestly amazed at why its only on videos on the history of African history and civilization that you get a lot of people in comments either discrediting or downright refusing to acknowledge there existence or accomplishments!!! I find african history astonishing as its where everybodys first ancestors came from and yet its the less known amongst all civilization history taught amongst others.

@jadenroberts9775 24 күн бұрын

Facts brother

@stevethecross2727 Жыл бұрын

Dear fellow history lovers , the real ones . This video is a great jumping off point. We can all admit no 47 minute presentation will encompass any subject adequately. If it encourages curiosity that's what matters.

@novusfortis3689 Жыл бұрын

You nailed it. I have the same like-minded sentiment.👍👍😁😁

@alansokelisatruehero8520 Жыл бұрын

keep lying to yourself. truth to the woke needs to be censored and deleted as they can't debate with facts, only fragile emotions triggered by facts. FACT: the african continent was illiterate minus very few places connected to more advanced civilizations via trading hubs and the Mediterranean. there's a reason black supremacist are desperate to blackwash everything form egyptian culture where they even show the black africans in their murals but ONLY as slaves and defeated nations beaten by the egyptian pharaohs. only ONE very short dynasty existed after the pharoah that tried to eradicate their pantheon and replace it with himself basically and that was the closest to monotheism ancient egypt got. Cairo's famous museum place every dynasty on top of the outside of the building, except the black dynasty. Egyptians have always known the truth and they treat them as second class citizens just as the koran dictates. actually read it if you doubt that. still to this day most of africa still can't stand on it's own even after untold billions being poured in via charity and assistance. instead of stealing and rewriting history, contribute to it. instead of taking credit for other innovations try innovating yourself. crazy idea i know. math isn't racist just because you can't multiply just like STEM fields aren't racist just because BLM intimidated scientists to agree with them. the revisionist historians only prove the world correct when they think southern africa is the least developed part of the world. this documentary proves it by taking the most flattering view of it's history and it is still embarrassingly deficient by every metric compared to other civilizations around the world. woke mind virus has truly infected much of these victims of progress and development. adapt or die, that's evolution. crying about not being able to create a written language to record african, non Mediterranean africa that is, history will never be able to magically make a true african written language. sorry, most of it's history is just hunting and gathering with small parts periodically deploying large scale agriculture. most didn't even have the wheel or enter their own bronze age. sad i know but lying doesn't change history. helping the lie only keeps them from growing. truth hurts sometimes but it is needed to grow.

@LeelosAdventure Жыл бұрын

100% facts. I’m brand new to this hobby and it’s so exciting. There’s a lot to study and the more I learn the better I feel

@rhnlws64 11 ай бұрын

Great Comment

@yangasidziya3245 11 ай бұрын

I love to know I'm not alone on this, learning about the ancient world has become a hobby to me

@Jski94 10 ай бұрын

Man some of these comments are depressing. The very reason that most people don’t know anything about pre-colonial Africa is because of this same very racist ignorance always existing, its almost unbelievable. Great video super well done for covering so much so quickly.

@arnoldvezbon6131 10 ай бұрын

No its actually because the lack of record keeping since most of them were illiterate societies.

@rollitupmars 10 ай бұрын

@@arnoldvezbon6131Nah the original commenter was correct

@wk4799 9 ай бұрын

@@arnoldvezbon6131record keeping way harder to preserve in tropical climate… also there are records of (black) african writing systems older than cyrillic, latin etc. that STILL HAVE people who can read and write with them. You are just ignorant

@moderatecanuck 6 ай бұрын

Stop caring about them, you give them too much power

@fionasmith6868 5 ай бұрын

@@moderatecanuck this is fake history north Africa has been Arab countries for thousands of years

@malikvaughan4139 Жыл бұрын

It’s disappointing seeing some of these comments but I love your content nonetheless thank you for your work

@Andy_Babb Жыл бұрын

I just can’t stand that computer voice

@AskiatheGreat64 Жыл бұрын

Indeed, pay them no mind.

@malikvaughan4139 Жыл бұрын

@@Andy_Babb yeah he is very monotone hopefully that improves especially for these long videos

@ImGonnaBlameTheMEEDUHSid Жыл бұрын

@ Malik Vaughan they do that to get your attention and get under your skin. No need to let people who aren’t sprouting wings anytime soon effect you🤷🏿‍♂️

@batman4329 Жыл бұрын

I like the narration. It’s very calming.

@bethanysaga Жыл бұрын

I have loved African history since age 12!!! On repeat..... thank you!

@MadeInHistory Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@ADM.II. Ай бұрын

Please do show your sources to further your argument.@@adamqa1

@bigboy3454 Жыл бұрын

This is a great video. I'm glad ancient African civilizations and cultures are starting to get proper recognition.

@cocoaorange1 11 ай бұрын

Ditto!

@malektahri5590 10 ай бұрын

😂😂🤣😂😂

@chideraalexanderdex547 9 ай бұрын

@@malektahri5590what's funny

@bonniec.ddisashi6686 8 ай бұрын

@@malektahri5590 cognitive impairment

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@kelvinmutiga2517 9 ай бұрын

Finally History without prejudice..Africa is still the richest resource wise and the population is booming ..it will rise again

@LeelosAdventure Жыл бұрын

Developing a love for history because my highschool was not very good and had almost no history program. Thank you for this video. It’s kind of a starting point in my journey of this new hobby of studying history

@somefilipino Жыл бұрын

Ngl I think Africa should have some light in history. It's quite underrated and understudied in the current perspective and pretty much this is a good video with the comment being kinda much of a warzone

@fffghh1370 Жыл бұрын

The USA whitewash it

@NotLikeUs869 Жыл бұрын

There’s actually a volume of books put together by some scholars, some native to Africa called: The General History of Africa. You can find some of the volumes on Amazon or online.

@ckhawk00 Жыл бұрын

This is not me hating or coming from a Euroslant. The reason why much of African history is not known or covered is because it was a bystander for much of human development. Most of the knowledge that advanced civilization was located on the trade routes (with the main one being the Silk Road) and sub Sahara Africa especially the interior was a pain to get to due to the geography. It’s also why the civilizations in America get little attention.

@somefilipino Жыл бұрын

@@ckhawk00 true

@somefilipino Жыл бұрын

@@ckhawk00 I mean to be fair any history is interesting if you think about it, no matter by race, religion nor culture. Sure history itself has been quite the center for fields of wars, to genocides, but take note that history is history, and history therefore is both a learning process where in we learn from our mistakes and do what's right Also yea American Civilizations are quite interesting

@johnnyblot678 Жыл бұрын

This condenses a lot of books on Ancient African history this was very well done

@MorpheusDelta 3 ай бұрын

As a Southern African, I love all my Western, Eastern, Central and Northern African brothers and sisters! 🌍❤️

@ryonworthy7990 Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The sahara wasn't always the dry arid desert that we now see today but once a savanna landscape with many rivers and lakes that ran through it, when the kingdom of egypt existed.

@redharrison894 Жыл бұрын

You do understand that when pyramids was built was 4000 years ago and not 40000 years ago

@ryonworthy7990 Жыл бұрын

@@redharrison894 🤔The sahara was green as little as 5,000 years ago. But shifts in the world's weather patterns, transformed the region into the vast dry desert that we now see today.

@detroitshinobi4995 Жыл бұрын

@@redharrison894 That 4000 years is cave people time line. Not first man time line. And the sahara was lush before The land that would be BlK KMT would go from being a marshland.

@detroitshinobi4995 Жыл бұрын

The sahara was lush when KMT which was African existed. That land was a marsh land and hunting ground for game at one point in time.

@AfricanMaverick Жыл бұрын

Yup, the Green Sahara. It was the nomadic pastoralists who overgrazed the land causing desertification.

@admirekashiri6651 Жыл бұрын

Swahili architecture is a unique infusion of styles developed in East Africa, with a mainland East African Bantu architectural substrate, infused with Yemeni, Omani, Persian, Indian, South East Asian, Chinese and uniquely local elements, including uniquely local construction materials such as ashlar coral stone masonry and coral rag set in burnt coral based mortar. Swahili architecture is internally coherent. Not a single building from the classical Swahili age looks quite like anything from outside of the Swahili world. Swahili architecture looks more like other Swahili architecture than anything else. There are hundreds of examples... It's not some cultural transplant. It's telling that the closest parallels to Swahili architecture are found on the Somali coast... If you break it down, you'll clearly see individual elements that were inspired by what they saw in their oversea's travels, like Omani style mihrabs, or Indian style royal pools, or a fortress with a Middle Eastern style layout, but always using uniquely local construction techniques and materials, and having their own local quirkiness. The type of localisms you wouldn't expect to see if it was actually built by foreigners. It's perhaps worth noting that this so-called "Arab" architecture from southern Arabia was itself heavily influenced by Persian and Indian architecture, but nobody claims that Indians or Persians are responsible for Arabia's architectural heritage. It's only with Africans, that this line of reasoning is applied, for obviously dubious reasons. Yes, the Swahili Coast was an integral part of the Indian Ocean world. But they were a sovereign part of this world.

@maddogbasil Жыл бұрын

This is a Christian channel They're history doesn't matter to us Islamic history doesn't need this divide between nations states and ethnic lines Mali history, songhai history, adal and ajuraan history, kilwa sultanate and many of the muslim swahili coast sultanates They are strictly islamic history Neither European not African history as these placeholder worlds are remnants of colonialism and don't need us to remember them African, Asian, European Words made famous by colonisers We are our own people We don't need to create imaginary identities because they're will always be people that do not see you as there own

@admirekashiri6651 Жыл бұрын

@@maddogbasil Well, sorry, my friend cultures and subcultures exist even amongst Abrahamic religious followers! So no, it's not as simple as lumping all these African civilizations a Muslim or Christian or whatever. Yes, they adopted these religions, but they still had their own identities and cultures, which shouldn't be ignored. If you wish to ignore that, go for it. You are free to do whatever you want. If my comment offends you ignore it.

@AfricanMaverick Жыл бұрын

What did u expect from Westerners (americans)?

@AfricanMaverick Жыл бұрын

@@maddogbasil Again, Stop distorting Mali or other west African history. Muslims like you are trying to sell a lie that Islam made the Mali Empire great. What rubbish. All the greatest empires in Africa were founded by animists. The leaders that preceded Musa were all animists.

@maddogbasil Жыл бұрын

@@admirekashiri6651 I don't really get offended on internet debates Secondly have you actually talked to a Malian Ever visited there community and gotten to know any Muslim west Africans If you did you'd know that many do not tend to remember much of there pagan ancestry except in stories and folklore I've known many who see themselves separate of the arab speaking nations but entirely Muslim in culture and traditions Just like many other non arab nations with muslims like Indonesia, Malaysia, bosnia, turkey, khazakastan, Pakistan, China

@tarah3227 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I was hoping to find an overview of African history like this. This was amazing.

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@DirtyEdon Жыл бұрын

The comments: meh i don't like black people because I was lied to for centuries about how behind they were and anything positive about black people that disprove my racist views I get triggered!

@mygodisyahweh8634 Жыл бұрын

@glorymosbyfloyd3878 Жыл бұрын

That's basically it

@chillitopo2420 Жыл бұрын

It’s called Cognitive dissonance

@DirtyEdon Жыл бұрын

@@ario4795 you mean FACTS? Just because you're country has been racist and tried to hide African history to make your white pale skin feel better and NOW due to less racism we are discovering our history that you're people tried to suppress. Your government been making white people feel good about themselves for centuries. That's why you created the concept of race.

@DirtyEdon Жыл бұрын

@@ario4795 list of ancient African written Ancient Egyptian. Ancient Meroitic. Tifinagh. Ge'ez. Nsibidi. Adinkra. Lusona. Please save your WHITE LIES for yourself. all your people know to do is LIE, LIE and LIE! We are in the 21 century you think I cannot Google ancient African written in Google? What's the point of even lying when a simple search will disprove you? The obsession you guys have with trying to put down Africans to make yourself feel more powerful shows white people are soo insecure and they cannot feel superior without having to try and put other people down. You're superior is based on LIES and you know that, that's why you go to African history channels to leave racist and negative comments. Because once Africans feel empowered about who they are it's the end of your reign and you know it! White people are the most insecure race in the world. No other race behave likes this it's so weird

@RayBetterThanEvilCanival 10 ай бұрын

FINALLY!!! I have found a comprehensive documentary of African history. I’ve found it difficult to get a complete picture as not many KZfaq videos out there talking about African history relative to European and Asian history.

@thabangleshilo2267 Жыл бұрын

thank you , thank you, thank you for this incredible distalition of so much history in less than one hour!

@xavibisquits Жыл бұрын

Just proud to be African.

@el-Cu9432 Жыл бұрын

Proud to be Cuban of African decent (Mali) .

@buffcosby1038 Жыл бұрын

Proud to be something you had no control over being... Cool story

@brucew3641 Жыл бұрын

Proud about the modern day slavery at your Cobalt mines? Cool...

@butter3772 Жыл бұрын

@@brucew3641 So who's buying and financing that?🤣

@Nullybk Жыл бұрын

@@brucew3641Are you proud of your history of colonization and genocide?

@marcusrichardson8527 Жыл бұрын

Great video!!! Keep up the good work!!!

@Thealchemistpoet 10 ай бұрын

This was as great of an overview of African ancient history as I have been able to find so far. I really appreciate the attention to sub-Saharan Africa which often gets forgotten or overlooked in ancient/ medieval African kingdoms. I also really appreciate the attention paid to the cultural, agricultural, religion & trade factors of the regions. Thank you ❤

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@fionasmith6868 5 ай бұрын

@@adamqa1well said north Africa is Arab countries and culture and civilization

@adamqa1 5 ай бұрын

@@fionasmith6868 North Africa is not Arab; it’s predominantly Moors (Berber/Amazigh). The Moors or Berber Amazighs were the indigenous people of North Africa before the arrival of the Arabs 1400 years ago. North Africans are primarily Berber Amazigh, with a minor percentage of Arab and European DNA. Speaking Arabic does not equate to being ethnically Arab. Culture and ethnicity are different concepts.

@adamqa1 5 ай бұрын

@@fionasmith6868 The official langages in Morocco are Amazigh and Arabic. There are some people not speaking arabic at all, only Amazigh language and Tifinagh alphabet. The Moors are Berbers, also known as Amazigh (Free people), they have their historical origins in Morocco and still live there today, the term “Moor” is derived from the Phoenician term “Mahurin”, which means "Westerners", they were named as Moorish kingdom 300 before JC. The Moors have white skin, while further south like in Mauritania they have a tanned complexion. However, they do not belong to the balck African ethnicity. The names Moors, Morocco, Mauritania, Marrakech... are all derived from the same origine. What they refer to as “black Moors” are "Abid Al Boukhari" or " The black guard of the Sultan", they are not ethnically Moors; they are African soldiers hired to fight for the Moors. Europeans who saw them on the battlefield with the real Moors called them “black Moors”. The Moorish movement in America originated from these African soldiers who went to america in slavery trades.. Images alone cannot provide a comprehensive understanding. It’s noteworthy that the Moroccan Sultans employed African soldiers in their armies. Some of these soldiers’ leaders were handsomely compensated by the Sultan, enjoying luxuries such as opulent houses, fine clothing, and companionship. However, their roles were confined to their military duties and they were not involved in the dynastic rule, the Moorish people in general, or the intellectual advancements of the time. These African individuals were hired warriors, their contributions primarily limited to their skills in warfare. Their lifestyle and compensation should not be misconstrued as having a broader influence on the achievements of the dynasties they served.

@fbaafrokin3677 2 ай бұрын

But it is Arab the DNA of north Africans is shared with common ancestors of Arabs and Europeans lol. They're mixed peoples @@adamqa1

@user-fk3kv7rp5j Жыл бұрын

Educational, insightful, well researched,this is real world history, greatly appreciated.keep sharing more content like this .

@adegirly 9 ай бұрын

true!

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@MrRed-cf6gk 11 ай бұрын

Pretty stoked to have found your channel. Thanks.

@gkd34 10 ай бұрын

This is what I wanna see more of for February, what a great history full of fascinating stories and powerful empire/kingdoms. Amazing

@MadeInHistory 10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@gerargharakanian3001 Жыл бұрын

Very informative subject

@KevinMacaringue Жыл бұрын

Excellent study! Very much appreciated!

@FundayvloGG 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much men i just wanna say the video was helpful and well organized and explained

@richarddankwah3088 Жыл бұрын

I think the Ashanti Kingdom has been able to keep its Traditions and Customs (By The Asanti Hene's) very well and till date, all other Nations Still recognize it as One of the Most Standing kingdoms to date.

@Laura-sg6ss Жыл бұрын

Standing? Is it still a kingdom today?

@nt3264 Жыл бұрын

@Laura Yeah

@moshecallen 10 ай бұрын

I have always loved history but know practical nothing about pre-colonial Africa. It's just a huge gap in my historical knowledge. Thanks so much for the video! I'd love more.

@adegirly 9 ай бұрын

Have a look on Robin Walker's work and get his books if possible! they are fantastic! And he did a wonderful job on reconstructing Ancient African history!

@redbullhamster 10 ай бұрын

Just an overwhelming amount of information. It's also overwhelming to consider the sheer amount of adult life cycles involved in all this. Unimaginable ups and downs.

@suzg7425 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this complete explanation of ancient Africa..Best I've seen

@reiseimperadores Жыл бұрын

very good, thanks you

@fruitsarelife7073 Жыл бұрын

My favorite is the Aksum empire and Kush/Nubia.🙏🏾

@IVXSTR Жыл бұрын

Nobody asked you anything

@kaytee2566 Жыл бұрын

Cry me a river, cry 👶 👶 baby😅😅😅😅

@fruitsarelife7073 Жыл бұрын

@@IVXSTR you must be fun at parties.

@marchandtpinkney5085 9 ай бұрын

Never really learned about this part of history thank you!

@emosijougavule2561 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, love every bit of it. Greetings from a Melanesian guy.

@dantejones4551 10 ай бұрын

EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Been dodging the homeschool history lesson because I wanted to start with something other than Egypt. For me, once I learned that the Nile River flowed from south to north... I knew everything else was WRONG. THANK YOU for this video.

@kennyblackbird5674 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!

@RegenerativeMojave 11 ай бұрын

I've always been curious about ancient Africa, and this video only feels like a dip in a vast pool of human history. Informative and well done, but I'm left craving more knowledge of our ancient past.

@adegirly 9 ай бұрын

Have a look on Robin Walker's work and get his books if possible! they are fantastic! And he did a wonderful job on reconstructing African history (Ancient and medieval) and will sure feed that craving!

@RegenerativeMojave 9 ай бұрын

@@adegirly Thank you, I shall do that. 🕊

@adegirly 9 ай бұрын

@@RegenerativeMojave u r welcome bro! I'm sure u will be more than satisfied!

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@yaraviera4444 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story so much for education

@WorldXl_ Жыл бұрын

love our nile brothers in sudan from egypt

@yourmother9834 Жыл бұрын

Aaaaaand I subbed. This is what I wanted to learn about in world history in HS

@second2none914 Жыл бұрын

Bunch of haters in the comments who cannot back their (racist) feelings with facts.

@traeucity6087 Жыл бұрын

They are just mad because their history is one of theft, deceit, lies, duplicity, disease, greed and genocide.

@johnhall7850 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember all those Greek Vikings. 🤣

@derekmcmillian6557 Жыл бұрын

Real talk

@AskiatheGreat64 Жыл бұрын

@@johnhall7850 Huh?

@FriedbergBANDIT Жыл бұрын

@@johnhall7850 not sure exactly what you were trying to say but the Vikings absolutely encountered the Greeks and Romans . Also the Normans

@vintagelady1 9 ай бұрын

Amazing video to have managed a coherent overview of the rich & complex history of an entire continent & its many advanced civilizations. and in only 47 minutes. I love reading about colonial Africa, but I knew little or nothing about the continent before the colonial era. I want to learn more about these incredible, intricately entwined civilizations b/c of your dynamic story-telling. Thank you.

@alaromukhtar2127 Жыл бұрын

The kingdom of Oyo, Ife and Benin still exists till date, all though depleted in power, the kings still reign on the land of their ancestors

@miketacos9034 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic overview!

@admirekashiri6651 Жыл бұрын

3:15 - 3:23 Actually Nubians are mentioned in the Bible, they were just ignored! King Taharqa is mentioned as coming to King Hezekiah's aid against the Assyrians.

@sonsofham Жыл бұрын

You know your Nubian history

@evnstvn58 Жыл бұрын

That's true, he was sent for but, I have read (somewhere) that, while he was on his way there, he was distracted by another skirmish...of some kind, that prevented him from actually getting there! GOD sent an Angel that slayed 185,000 of King Sennecharibs men!

@jermainereece9254 Жыл бұрын

What chapter in the Bible please?

@admirekashiri6651 Жыл бұрын

@@jermainereece9254 he is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:9 and Isaiah 37:9. They spell his name as king Tirhakah instead of Taharqa.

@that_one_momo_guy 5 ай бұрын

This video is such a great resource, it should become a classroom standard!

@BenzyOW 2 ай бұрын

What a great video!

@nurudeen2881 Жыл бұрын

Great 👍

@chiranking777 Жыл бұрын

Insightful

@FollowMeStopPlayin Жыл бұрын

I just love how it's some very intelligent folks in the comments yal came out for dis one talk dat talk I love it ❣️

@adonijahmorningstar493 Жыл бұрын

My favorite African Kingdom is the one that I am a descendant of; *the Mande' Kurufaba Empire (the Mali Empire),* who's first *'Mansa' ("Emperor") Sundiata Keita* also know as *"the Lion King!"("Manding Diara"),* it was the largest of *the West African Empire* and the richest at the time. It's rule lasted from *c. 1226 to 1670.*

@c_whyte7 7 ай бұрын

What language is that?

@t-wizzle2803 4 ай бұрын

Lol ok

@juggmaneyatta4426 3 ай бұрын

I also descend from Mahmud IV of Mali

@t-wizzle2803 3 ай бұрын

They were the richest cause they sold all their neighbors into slavery

@t-wizzle2803 3 ай бұрын

We wuz kangz n shieet

@papamaehem 10 ай бұрын

Why is there such a push to suppress this information?

@greenhornet8262 10 ай бұрын

Jealousy, racism

@publicminx 4 ай бұрын

conspiracy theory

@nathaneastman5556 3 ай бұрын

Because their mad

@Khalid-eg2xg Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@Will-bn3vt Жыл бұрын

Amazing video

@MadeInHistory Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@mh8704 Жыл бұрын

I’m interested in the Kingdom of Kush and their famous Queens. Mali is also very interesting - the Songhai empire- hmm. They’re all interesting in their own ways!

@nsk660 Жыл бұрын

I wish you make a compiled medieval history of all regions like you did the ancient history

@MadeInHistory Жыл бұрын

That is currently being worked on. The different chapters are being released individually and then compiled into a Medieval history documentary covering the whole world!

@JustAnotherGoddess52 Жыл бұрын

Such beautiful drawings and graphics. Thank you so much for this history lesson. Next up: Indigenous kingdoms of South America??

@missk1942 7 ай бұрын

This is excellent!

@MadeInHistory 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!

@armonrakhman3791 Жыл бұрын

Love to hear about African empires!

@sexyskeletor7227 Жыл бұрын

Same 🤤

@TyeArtisik Жыл бұрын

Me too

@semsemn2973 Жыл бұрын

yes wakanda impire

@alansokelisatruehero8520 Жыл бұрын

outside of Mediterranean africa most of africa was illiterate and never got out of hunter gathering. rare cases where they even get into the bronze age. laughable you woke black supremacists that need to steal egyptian culture out of jealousy. cry more wokeys

@--Traveler-- Жыл бұрын

@@semsemn2973 lol

@ImGonnaBlameTheMEEDUHSid Жыл бұрын

This *should* have a million plus views like you see on KZfaq videos that detail Athenian and Spartan and Mycenaean and Roman and Indian and Persian and Hittite and Byzantine and British and every other type of civilization and empire… But uh…the world, which is totally not clown, isn’t really too interested in learning anything about so called Sun Saharan Africa beyond the “loose collection of tribes always fighting” and “they sold each other” and “they didn’t build two story buildings or domesticate anything” that we grow up with. So🤷‍♂️

@RPNDWORLDWIDE Жыл бұрын

There is much more to unpack but this amazing info shall do for now.

@Iamnaashwilliams256 Жыл бұрын

Great work,Please do some Research about Buganda Kingdom in present day Uganda..its really facinating.GREAT and wise people those Baganda..Way more civilised than most kingdoms mentioned

@Hamza7308 Жыл бұрын

This was amazing, you did a great job putting all this information together in a digestible fashion. You just earned a new Subscriber 💪🏿

@asandamlotshwa8429 Жыл бұрын

😮😮😮 however... Nah u do u if u can't do research what must we do

@WhaleOilBeefHooked2024 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this thanks 👏 is great for school research

@EteteHendrix Ай бұрын

I am a follower at this moment.. very well said/done

@Mrcrip457 Жыл бұрын

This information is like a deep cut in the hearts of people who grew up believing that Africans were inferior to them it hurts so much that it shows in this comment section don't pay attention to them let them deal with their bruised egos Africa unite and re-education yourselves our history is rich and untold but preserved by our ancestors because they knew that one day our generation will be the generation that liberate our motherland and its people

@PhyrexJ Жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with people like you.. nobody denies African Kingdoms.. you are always busy with playing the victim and use any reason to remind people you feel inferior, while nobody cares about your minority complex.

@Nick-yu5pl Жыл бұрын

Compared to other empires throughout the world, African empires were far less advanced and far less interesting.

@jordanjordannis2258 Жыл бұрын

definitely a deep cut in the heart of Nick here. Bleeding out all over your comment 😂

@Nick-yu5pl Жыл бұрын

@@jordanjordannis2258 makes zero sense. Get help boy

@Unsightly0_0Anomaly69 Жыл бұрын

@@Nick-yu5pl Why do you think that? Just because sub Saharan history is documented to Europe and other continent's extent, doesn't make it less interesting.

@fromGhetto2Goddess Жыл бұрын

This was actually very unbiased and comprehensive. Much appreciation 🎉❤

@maddogbasil Жыл бұрын

He was actually pretty biased to the Somali/Oromo/Afar and overall Horn of Africa. We heard all about the Sub-Saharan but little to nothing about much of the Cushite Macrobians and puntites I guess their either not African enough smh 🤦

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@charliebrown1006 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for touching on the Akan!

@user-ur5zu5rt9g 2 ай бұрын

They were originated from the ancient Ghana. We Soninkes are the real Akans bro,

@vaktus3380 Жыл бұрын

You skipped Songhai and Kanem-Bornu who were more powerful then Mali. You also completely skipped the history of NA after the ummayads with some of the most powerful empires on the continent. Sultanate of Kilwa? Adal sultanate? Makuria?

@4shizzal Жыл бұрын

I would argue neither were more powerful than Mali. Mali was wealthier than both and had a larger linguistic and religious impact both inside and outside of Africa.

@JohnDoe-bh2lp Жыл бұрын

North Africans are arabs so not included. Adal was also weak and an Ottoman satellite state.

@vaktus3380 Жыл бұрын

@@4shizzal I hope you aren’t talking about the North African empires, in sub Saharan Africa, idris Alooma had successfully worked on modernising his army having a large army of armoured Calvary as well as guns provided and trained by the ottomans. Songhai in its greatest extent subjugated northern Nigeria and even felt bold enough to push north towards taghaza. Millitarily these two were stronger then Mali, although mansa Musas Mali would have been more influential and even left behind some impressive architectures and a native west African scholarship

@vaktus3380 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-bh2lp Morocco has always been a land where both Arabs and Amazighs resided, the Arabs were historically a minority who were invited and all indiginised and were absorbed into the amazigh culture. In general an Arab Moroccans DNA is mostly native and they belong to the continent more then a Bantu belongs to central and Southern Africa from the Bantu expansion

@Cashinn_Outt1754 Жыл бұрын

@@4shizzalSonghai was in objective fact, larger territorially and significantly stronger from a military perspective. It’s wealth didn’t reach the levels of Mali but it was its fabulous wealth that attracted the Moroccan invaders

@andreselectrico 4 ай бұрын

That was a great attempt, given the lack of information and the present prejudice. The producers have my respect for that. Still, I would have liked to see more information on Tumbuktu and it's famous library. I would also have enjoyed more comments about the metallurgy in Nubia and in other places, because they make the case of civilizations capable of transforming raw materials into more complex products. Granted, you comment on brick production but I think the case for metallurgy is important. In any case, a noteworthy attempt to reflect on Africa's complex and heterogenous history; done with respect and honest appreciation.

@KS-PNW 2 ай бұрын

Just playing devil's advocate, this is a 45 minute video trying to cover centuries of history for a whole continent. I think they were just trying to cover a lot of material succinctly. I agree with you though, there's a lot of fascinating stuff here and a lot of these subjects would make an excellent documentary all by themselves.

@andreselectrico 2 ай бұрын

@@KS-PNWYou´re right. I think that the misinformation, or lack of information, about the issue has been so large that it is impossible to cover the whole thing in 45 minutes. I agree.

@mitchyceesworld1628 9 ай бұрын

As a Zimbabwean it was nice to see some first time history of the Bantu peoples. Thank you, keep digging deeper for Africa !!

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@vq1kr 10 ай бұрын

Do you have citations for your videos of sources I can use in my classrooms?

@tymanung6382 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Made in History--- amazing summary! A dupeh (Yoruba) Asante sana, (Swahili)

@walkerjudge9154 9 ай бұрын

If you are not black thank you for watching this amazing video if you are i hope this is empowering to those who didn't know.

@sageex3931 3 ай бұрын

Yeah

@so9487 Жыл бұрын

This is a treasure of information. Great job and thank you so much.

@MadeInHistory Жыл бұрын

I’m very happy you enjoyed it!

@asandamlotshwa8429 Жыл бұрын

Treasure🤔mmmmm

@mikloslegrady965 10 ай бұрын

Great tribal animation halfway through, this really good video..

@timothymukhooli5417 9 ай бұрын

There was also the Kitara empire in modern Uganda that was eventually invaded by the Luo peoples in the north and was replaced by the much lesser Bunyoro. Other societies emerged in this region the most prominent being the Buganda being the most powerful in the region by the 1700s

@keirangrant1607 Жыл бұрын

This is great stuff man. I'm glad I found your channel. My grandfather traveled all over the world and had 3 African wooden sculptures, about 3-ft tall. As a child I was always amazed by the amount of detail and realism in those sculptures. I dont remember where in Africa he got them, but I still remember them 30 years later

@adamqa1 8 ай бұрын

@keirangrant1607 8 ай бұрын

@@adamqa1 Listen up Piltdown man, only someone with a racist mind would think that black people are just savage idiots, that are good for nothing but fighting or slavery. Your logic doesnt even make any sense because, before there were guns, that would mean that black people were the biggest, fastest, strongest, and just as smart as everyone else. So they would have own you Slav. You people lie about everything. You stole or destroyed all of the civilizations in Africa then said a white civilization built it, you created a fake hominid species to claim people came from Europeans, you cried tears when proven wrong, and you lied about North Africa being a dessert for millions of years. North Africa was as green as the Congo, and guess who cant go into the Congo without dying? Piltdown man, lol. That's you. You need modern medicine to protect your fragile bodies. If the pyramids were built when North Africa was green, and you people can't be in the green parts of Africa without dying........ lol, dont worry, some some women like fragility in their men...... You'll get a woman one day

@raywheeler6822 7 ай бұрын

I'm a history buff....and I am shining brightly after seeing this vid.......Thank you

@SectorZeroOne Жыл бұрын

That was real cool. Thank you for sharing.

@MadeInHistory Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@mfundonkosi6927 Жыл бұрын

More! More! More! An afro-centric view of history is so needed.

@characterblub Жыл бұрын

Facts. It's one of the gaps in my history knowledge that actually bothers me a lot

@alansokelisatruehero8520 Жыл бұрын

@--Traveler-- Жыл бұрын

that's just tribal bias. and no. europeans will always have their view, and africans should have their own view. in the end, facts are all that matters. no 'centric' view. because that's just opinions.

@moshecallen 10 ай бұрын

I want more on the history of Africa. Just over 30 years ago, I was looking to study history professionally. I changed fields but still love history. My view at the time was and still is that a historian should know their specialization to a level of expertise but everything else at least beyond the level of a layman. When I asked (in 1991) what I should use to learn the basics of African history, I was told we lacked enough sources for a coherent history of sub-Saharan Africa. That bothered me but I did not know what to do about it. I doubt the claim was true even then, but now we know so much more (I think). I want to heard it all: academic perspectives, traditional perspectives, and so on. I know practically nothing and want to learn.

@elidesportelli325 Ай бұрын

2:02 I love so much these pictures❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@fred2k112 Жыл бұрын

i wish I could have all of the historical information on Africa and all of the artifacts on africa.

@AskiatheGreat64 Жыл бұрын

Here are some really good KZfaq Channels that talk exclusively about African history, architectures, and cultures: Home Team History From Nothing Red Spirit Mask HistoryVille Historical Africa Master Your Craft HiddenHistory

@IronForgedUnderPressure Жыл бұрын

Very greedy. What are you gonna do with all of that?

@maddogbasil Жыл бұрын

This is a Christian channel They're history doesn't matter to us Islamic history doesn't need this divide between nations states and ethnic lines Mali history, songhai history, adal and ajuraan history and many more They are strictly islamic history Neither European not African history as these placeholder worlds are remnants of colonialism and don't need us to remember them African, Asian, European Words made famous by colonisers We are our own people We don't need to create imaginary identities because they're will always be people that do not see you as there own

@sageex3931 Жыл бұрын

@@IronForgedUnderPressure they are our artifacts

@n0n4me77 Жыл бұрын

This comment section has either, afroncentrists spreanding propaganda, racists dismissing all they hear but unable to debunk it, or people genuinely wishing to learn about history.

@whome3543 Жыл бұрын

This is a ridiculous comment white people are something bruh

@sageex3931 Жыл бұрын

What black people ain't saying nothing

@the8thlord569 Жыл бұрын

Best history channel hands down 🔥🔥🙏🙏

@asandamlotshwa8429 Жыл бұрын

this is mainly propaganda

@meyannanguy4284 Жыл бұрын

i love it

@GodCarnage Жыл бұрын

If you look up the linkage of the queen of Sheba she goes back to Eber father of the Hebrews and A KUSHITE princes name Azurad

@RebelWithoutABoss Жыл бұрын

I think they forgot D'mt, even though little is apparently know about it from what I can find.

@micedutainmentzone8249 Жыл бұрын

Glad to have an Origin in the Kingdom of Aksum

@silkkdread Жыл бұрын

Love the video I learned a lot but what happened to the name ABYSSINIA between the time of the Aksum kingdom and the new name of Ethiopia as a country?🤔

@lukejohnson3361 Жыл бұрын

How did you get the date for the stated agricultural beginning?

@franciscolima1762 13 күн бұрын

He said it was not clear when it started in Africa...

@Okwirisam254 Жыл бұрын

Our African History is always a spiritual journey to discover and connect with our ancestor's spirits, Thank you for making this Video. ❤❤❤🎉❤❤❤

@monkeydavefraud Жыл бұрын

She never left you. You cant hear her like you once did but she always been trapped down here with us.

@enrico7474 Жыл бұрын

24:12 axum was never landlocked the arabs attacked adulis but were pushed back in the contrary axumites were raiding Arabia and even conquered soqotra for a short while , additionally the axumite coast stayed very christian,jewish and semitic pagan until the 10th century when axum it self collapsed, even after that its zagwe successors kept its northern coasts while its muslim successors(sultanet of shewa) kept its southern coast but even those stayed christian until the late 11th-13th century, this is the reason why there are many christian and jewish tombstones in northern somaliland,Djibouti and eastern Ethiopia.

@enrico7474 Жыл бұрын

@@vnolan633 probably were until Islam became popular

@Numba003 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this episode! Despite expanding my history knowledge in recent years, I still don't know much about ancient and medieval Africa beyond Egypt and Axum. Does anyone have any recommendations for more videos on African history? God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

@admirekashiri6651 9 ай бұрын

Check out the following KZfaq channels they have a ton on African histories. From Nothing Hometeam History Hidden History Africa History Channel Red Spirit Mask Afrostorian Medieval Africa

@Numba003 9 ай бұрын

@@admirekashiri6651 Thank you!