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The Kingdom of Benin
prospered from the 1200s to the 1800s C.E. in western Africa, in what is now Nigeria



With its mathematical layout and earthworks longer than the Great Wall of China, Benin City was one of the best planned cities in the world when London was a place of ‘thievery and murder’.

Benin City was also notably among the first urban centers to have a likeness of street lighting. There were large metal lamps that burned palm oil, standing many feet high, placed around the city.

The king’s court was square and stood at the right side as one entered the city by its main gate.

A wall like the one that encircled the city surrounded the court. The court housed various palaces, houses, and apartments for courtiers and boasted beautiful long and square galleries.

Those galleries were “about as large as the Exchange at Amsterdam,” according to Dapper. The largest gallery hosted many of the city’s famed bronze carvings. Scenes engraved into bronze plaques stood supported by wooden pillars throughout the gallery.

Destroyed by the British....

The Kingdom of Aksum

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The Kingdom of Aksum was considered one of the ancient world's four great powers of the 3rd century by Persian prophet Mani, alongside Persia, Rome, and China.

The Aksumite Empire at its height extended across most of present-day Eritrea, northern Ethiopia, western Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. The capital city of the empire was Aksum, now in north Ethiopia.

Aksum was deeply involved in the trade network between India and the Mediterranean (Rome, later Byzantium). Aksum’s access to both the Red Sea and the Upper Nile enabled its strong navy to profit in trade between various African (Nubia), Arabian (Yemen), and Indian states.

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Violence isn't just physical... erasure (deliberate or not) is also a form of violence...

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Benin City described

The king’s palace is a collection of buildings which occupy as much space as the town of Harlem , and which is enclosed with walls. There are numerous apartments for the Prince’s ministers and fine galleries, most of which are as big as those on the Exchange at Amsterdam. They are supported by wooden pillars encased with copper, where their victories are depicted, and which are carefully kept very clean.

The town is composed of thirty main streets, very straight and 120 feet wide, apart from an infinity of small intersecting streets. The houses are close to one another, arranged in good order. These people are in no way inferior to the Dutch as regards cleanliness; they wash and scrub their houses so well that they are polished and shining like a looking-glass.”

Source: “How Europe under-developed Africa,” by Walter Rodney, Howard Univ. Press, 1981, p. 69

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The kingdom of Mali

Mansa Musa made an important mark in Mali by introducing the kingdom to Islam and making it one of the first Muslim states in northern Africa.

He incorporated the laws of the Quran into his country’s justice system. Cities such as Timbuktu and Gao were developed into international centres of Islamic learning and culture. Elaborate mosques and libraries were built.

The university that emerged in Timbuktu might well have been the world's first.

The Mali Empire, under Sundiata Keita, created one of the very first charters of human rights, the Manden Charter, also known as the Kouroukan Fouga. This is an oral, rather than written, charter, which has been passed down by generations of Malinke

Kingdom of Mali

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Too many to mention:

The Wagadu Empire (Ghana)
The Ashanti Empire (Ghana)
The Oyo Empire (Nigeria)
The Benin Empire (Nigeria)
The Ife Empire (Nigeria/Benin)

I mean empire is just a word and there are a lot of Kingdoms that fit the same description but like I said there's too many to name.

This sh*t remind me back the first time I learned the truth about Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) King Tut Father.. Nefertiti husband.

His own fu*kin ppl tried to rewrite him out of history cause he started his own religion n was the first pharaoh that chose to worship one god.. the sun disk god (Aten) .. instead of many.

Made me wonder wtf else the tried to erase or rewrite..

Whole fu*kin world always been dirty

Ever notice how
Africans (real Africans from Africa)

Never talk about Egypt or wear Egyptian
Stuff

It's only black Americans who really rep the
Egypt stuff

Kush
Carthage
Aksum

Mali
Zimbabwe

TheAntiSimp said Ever notice how Africans (real Africans from Africa) Never talk about Egypt or wear Egyptian Stuff It's only black Americans who really rep the Egypt stuff

Just as it’s mostly a minority of Black-Americans that speak on Egypt or wear Egyptian stuff there’s a minority of Africans that does too.

I mostly find them amongst the French speaking west Africans. They’re all in forums and Facebook groups debating religion and African spirituality.

Still2Highh said This sh*t remind me back the first time I learned the truth about Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) King Tut Father.. Nefertiti husband. His own fu*kin ppl tried to rewrite him out of history cause he started his own religion n was the first pharaoh that chose to worship one god.. the sun (Aten) .. instead of many. Made me wonder wtf else the tried to erase or rewrite.. Whole fu*kin world always been dirty

Nah bro, his own people tried to write him out of history because they were already worshipping one god (Amen), he caught flack because he tried to change the god. They knew that the true god created the sun and therefore the sun could not be god.

Akhenaten got this religion/theory from foreigners, namely his wife's people the Mittanni who were not African. Mittanni would be what we call Syria today, but anyway this is where Nefertiti is from, (which is not her real name). She would be more like the ethnic group of Kim Kardashian, not black but not white either. You can study this by going back to his father Amenhotep III, who had a penchant for foreign women and I believe Akhenaten's mother or grandmother also was not African (Queen Tyre)..

Anyways, the Mittanni were sun worshippers and they wanted to make an alliance with Egypt so the king offered his daughter (Nefertiti) and with that she brought the foreign religion (sun worship). This is what caught him all the resistance. He goes down in history as a heretic.

bingiedred said Too many to mention: The Wagadu Empire (Ghana) The Ashanti Empire (Ghana) The Oyo Empire (Nigeria) The Benin Empire (Nigeria) The Ife Empire (Nigeria/Benin) I mean empire is just a word and there are a lot of Kingdoms that fit the same description but like I said there's too many to name.

Rare seeing someone use somewhat the native names, appreciate that!

Wagadu
Asanteman
Ilu-oba Oyo/Orile Oyo
Edo
Ile Ife

It is estimated Africa had near 10 000 recorded autonomous states in over 5 800 Years. I have recorded around 1 000 so far.

majestykagiso said Rare seeing someone use somewhat the native names, appreciate that! Wagadu Asanteman Ilu-oba Oyo/Orile Oyo Edo Ile Ife It is estimated Africa had near 10 000 recorded autonomous states in over 5 800 Years. I have recorded around 1 000 so far.

Bro, we can go in. I'm from the states but I'm in Ruanda-Urundi now. I don't just read, I go..

Still2Highh said This sh*t remind me back the first time I learned the truth about Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) King Tut Father.. Nefertiti husband. His own fu*kin ppl tried to rewrite him out of history cause he started his own religion n was the first pharaoh that chose to worship one god.. the sun (Aten) .. instead of many. Made me wonder wtf else the tried to erase or rewrite.. Whole fu*kin world always been dirty

Nefertiti was also his 1st cousin
only the 1st 5 or 6 dynasties were black after that they were greek/macedonian


tut and that family line was heavily inbred

TheAntiSimp said Ever notice how Africans (real Africans from Africa) Never talk about Egypt or wear Egyptian Stuff It's only black Americans who really rep the Egypt stuff

n*ggas d*ck ride ancient egypt because they are obsessed with which race invented the first civilization or which race was doing whatever "advanced" sh*t first. I don't think people in Africa are thinking about sh*t like that, so they have no need claim egypt.

bingiedred said Too many to mention: The Wagadu Empire (Ghana) The Ashanti Empire (Ghana) The Oyo Empire (Nigeria) The Benin Empire (Nigeria) The Ife Empire (Nigeria/Benin) I mean empire is just a word and there are a lot of Kingdoms that fit the same description but like I said there's too many to name.

They may be too many to list but the problem is most aren't taught in the western world. Well in the grade schools. Not even during the one month you're allowed to learn about your history. Good sh*t OP

Number5 said n*ggas d*ck ride ancient eypt because they are obsessed with which race invented the first civilization or which race was doing whatever "advanced" sh*t first. I don't think people in Africa are thinking about sh*t like that, so they have no need claim egypt.

Don't think it's d*ck riding.

May not know anything else

Egypt is part of Africa still

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Hurricane said They may be too many to list but the problem is most aren't taught in the western world. Well in the grade schools. Not even during the one month you're allowed to learn about your history. Good sh*t OP

Number5 said n*ggas d*ck ride ancient eypt because they are obsessed with which race invented the first civilization or which race was doing whatever "advanced" sh*t first. I don't think people in Africa are thinking about sh*t like that, so they have no need claim egypt.

Most Africans don't know about ancient Egypt or their own history to be honest. Colonialism did a big mind job on them. Most of their concerns are about christianity or Islam. White people have captured their souls. A lot of them don't even know that African Americans went through the slave trade. They don't teach them that in their schools. They teach them to worship europeans and european history, that's why a lot of them come to america and can't identify with afro americans.

bingiedred said Nah bro, his own people tried to write him out of history because they were already worshipping one god (Amen), he caught flack because he tried to change the god. They knew that the true god created the sun and therefore the sun could not be god. Akhenaten got this religion/theory from foreigners, namely his wife's people the Mittanni who were not African. Mittanni would be what we call Syria today, but anyway this is where Nefertiti is from, (which is not her real name). She would be more like the ethnic group of Kim Kardashian, not black but not white either. You can study this by going back to his father Amenhotep III, who had a penchant for foreign women and I believe Akhenaten's mother or grandmother also was not African (Queen Tyre).. Anyways, the Mittanni were sun worshippers and they wanted to make an alliance with Egypt so the king offered his daughter (Nefertiti) and with that she brought the foreign religion (sun worship). This is what caught him all the resistance. He goes down in history as a heretic.

I wasn't really tryna go too deep into it all the details.


I did a whole report on Akhenaten in school before I dropped out.. took damn near a month. Believe me.. U not tellin me nothin new.


I know Nefertiti not her real name..but that's the name schools taught and the most recognized by everyone

And I know they wasn't african..

I was just talkin as far as the fact they literally tried to erase n rewrite him out of history.
and how it made me start to question everything after that.

Still2Highh said This sh*t remind me back the first time I learned the truth about Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) King Tut Father.. Nefertiti husband. His own fu*kin ppl tried to rewrite him out of history cause he started his own religion n was the first pharaoh that chose to worship one god.. the sun (Aten) .. instead of many. Made me wonder wtf else the tried to erase or rewrite.. Whole fu*kin world always been dirty

Bro he was trying to erase 1000s of years of worship to the Gods.. They had already had pyramids and all types of knowledge and wonder from they praise and he came as a rebel king and went against everything they knew.. He was the founder of the one God concept. He is the biblical Moses.. King Tut his son saught to make things right and restablish the kingdom!

Still2Highh said I wasn't really tryna go too deep into it all the details. I did a whole report on Akhenaten in school before I dropped out.. took damn near a month. Believe me.. U not tellin me nothin new. I know Nefertiti not her real name..but that's the name schools taught and the most recognized by everyone And I know they wasn't african.. I was just talkin as far as the fact they literally tried to erase n rewrite him out of history. and how it made me start to question everything after that.

Yessir, his title is history is 'the Heretic King'. I know you know.. but he is what we would call today a sellout.. he tried to impose foreign customs on Africa for some pu**y and tapdancing for foreigners.