TIMELINE OF ANCIENT AFRICA

Created by First Period Social Studies

Class of 2014

600,000 TO 200,000 B.C. Appearance of homo sapiens Use of fire begins Hunters and gatherers traveled

in groups Crop cultivation begins- cotton,

coffee, and kola-nuts

25,000 TO 10,000 B.C.

Paintings on rocks are made in North and South Africa

6,000 TO 4,000 B.C.

People settle on the Nile, Congo, and Niger rivers

Farming and herding start to spread through South Africa

Ancient people in Zaire begin to use the abacus

5,000 TO 4,000 B.C.

Ancient Egyptians begin burying their dead

Nile Valley people develop skills like weaving, glass making, and metal crafts

4,000 – 1,000 B.C.

Ancient African kingdoms grow:

Nubia (Kush)EthiopiaEgypt

1,000 TO 800 B.C.

Mass migration of Bantu people

Spread language throughout Africa

750 – 600 B.C.

Kush rules Egypt from its capital called Meroe

500 B.C. – 200 A.D.

Nok people begin thriving in Central Nigerian forests

Skilled in ceramics