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Timeline. 5000 BCE. Organised farming begins in Egypt . c. 3500 BCE. The Sahara desert begins to spread in Africa due to climate change. 2000 BCE. Speakers of the Bantu language begin migrating southward. c. 2000 BCE. Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya.
View a map of Africa in 3500 BCE, when hunter-gatherers roam most of the continent and farming is limited to the Nile Valley.
Early maps and charts of Africa--here defined as those produced before colonial penetration--have seldom been used as a source for historical studies. Generally they are valued more for their decorative qualities than for their geographical content.
Hominid species Australopithicus afarensis lived in the Hadar region of Ethiopia, including "Lucy," the famous skeletal remains found in 1974. Early Human Ancestors. Ethiopia. 1492-1600. 600,000 to 200,000 BCE. Period of migration across the African continent and out of Africa to Asia and Europe.
Introducing the Issues and Themes. barely more than fifty thousand years ago, the primary ancestors of every single human being alive today lived in east-ern Africa.1 World history to that point was African history.
Africans living in the heart of the African continent participated separately and independently in the key technological transitions of ancient world history. And they did so during the same broad eras as peoples in other parts of the globe.
This map shows the spatial and temporal locations of ancient civilizations in the African, Asian, and European continents. Each civilization is color coded by its period of origin (3500-1000 B.C.E, 2100-1000 B.C.E., or After 600 B.C.E.).
