Wow! I didn't realize the first civilizations in the world developed in Africa! While people in Europe were living in caves, they were beginning to tame the land with agriculture and their civilizations were creating art and monuments to span millennia.
More recently European civilizations began to flourish and scientific advances allowed them to build mighty armies. The armies led to conflict in Europe, and in effort to fuel their expansion, Europe began looking to Africa as a source of slave labor and natural resources. From 1830 to 1910 the ancient kingdoms of Africa fell like dominoes to colonial expansion from Europe.
My specific research into South Africa has shown me they have a wealth of resources including coal, diamonds, and gold. It is amazing that they were one of the last kingdoms to be conquered and not the first! I bet their geographic distance from Europe had something to do with that!
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