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was a West African empire of what is today western Nigeria. The empire was established by the Yoruba in the 15th century and grew to become one of the largest West African states encountered by colonial explorers.
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The Oyo Empire (1400-1835)
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a pre-colonial African state in the north of present-day Sierra Leone.
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The Kingdom of Koya or Koya Temne or Temne Kingdom
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The other names for the Kingdom of Koya
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-Koya Temne
-Temne Kingdom |
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was a West African kingdom in the Mandara Mountains of what is today Cameroon. The Mandarawa people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants.
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Mandara Kingdom
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was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in what are now northern Angola, Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The Kingdom of Kongo
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was a powerful west African state founded in the seventeenth century which survived until 1894. Dahomey was the name of a country in Africa now called the Republic of Benin.
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The Kingdom of Dahomey
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was a small, pre-colonial state of what is now Gabon in West Africa. Through its control of the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was able to become the most powerful of the trading centers that developed in Gabon during that period.
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The Kingdom of Orungu
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is the alleged resting place of the Ark of Covenant and the home of Queen Sheba.
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Aksumite Empire
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The Great Desert is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), it covers most parts of northern Africa.
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The Sahara
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Name The Great Lakes of Africa that are found in and around the Great Rift Valley
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Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyinka, Lake Nysa, Lake Turkana, Lake Albert, Lake Kivu
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"The longest river in the world"--a major north-flowing river in Africa
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The Nile
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