With Africa's multiple landforms like mountains

africa has the longest river in the world

escarpments and rift valleys
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the biggest mountain in africa is mt

kiliamanjaro

The climate of africa is mainly desserts climate

oasis's are used for water in these areas
with barely anything else
and others for these climate zones
and with africa resources
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• Europeans first began their African colonization in central Africa. • many of the countries suffer from a
section lack of infrastructure and rely on too
• the bantu migrations started around 2000 b.c. in now southeastern Nigeria and
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moved throughout Africa to spread cultures and languages.

• Europeans wanted slaves for plantations in America and merchants would brought • central Africa economy is still
slaves to sale to Europeans. recovering from the colonialism.
• king Leopold II started to open trade roots through the Congo and forced labor to • the Europeans colonization and
gather resources. personal desire for power and riches
• the 19th and 20th centuries the Africans countries gained independence from the has cause a state of disarray.
Europeans • some of southern Africa live a modern
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lifestyle as doctors, lawyers, and
• the history of southern Africa involves a blending of colonialism with
business people.
African cultures and the development of the gold trading empire
• some ethic groups of southern Africa
• from the 1200 and 1400 the Zimbabwe became the capital of thriving
follow more traditional patterns as
gold trading areas.
farmers and traders.
• mutapa empire extended throughout all of present day Zimbabwe expect
for the eastern part
• Africans competed with the Europeans for control of the land and the
British from the union of south Africa.