global studies

History

Humans Arise
Five million years ago the first African people evolved. The Great Rift Valley is were the first fossils of humans appeared. Africa has such a great variety of climates. Some of the climates include the rain forest and deserts. These climates have helped people evolve in Africa.

Nile Valley
The Nile Valley was home to two major African civilizations. The Nubian kingdom was in the south and Egypt was to the north. These two kingdoms traded between each other. Sometimes the two kingdoms would start wars with each other. Both of these kingdoms had a king and developed a writing system.

Mali
The Niger River is one of the most fertile and useful rivers in Africa. These fertile banks have produced some of the oldest cities. The earliest cities that were built here were built almost 2 million years ago. After the first million years the city of Jenne-jeno had risen to powe...