# African Empires

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Category: History
Slides: 14
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:13.694Z
Tags: history, african, empires

## Summary

MALI SONGHAI AKSUM G. ZIMBABWE KONGO 01 / 14 History · Deck 08 · Risograph African Empires Mali · Songhai · Kongo · Great Zimbabwe · Aksum — large, literate, wealthy, confidently negotiated. The story your high school skipped. Key sections include: African Empires; Contents; A Continent; A Christian kingdom on the Red Sea; The Land of Gold; Sundiata · Mansa Musa · Timbuktu; The Greatest African Empire; A Christian Kingdom on the Atlantic; The Stone City; Cities of the monsoon.

## Slide Outline

1. African Empires
2. Contents
3. A Continent
4. A Christian kingdom on the Red Sea
5. The Land of Gold
6. Sundiata · Mansa Musa · Timbuktu
7. The Greatest African Empire
8. A Christian Kingdom on the Atlantic
9. The Stone City
10. Cities of the monsoon
11. Asante · Benin · Dahomey · Ethiopia
12. Manuscripts & Metallurgy
13. The Colonial Rupture
14. Where to go

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