AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION

African civilization is considered the oldest civilization on the earth. The African
intellectual
revolution is known as the first societal intellectual revolution. African
development has vastly
contributed to the early knowledge used by humankind.
Chemistry
- The early use of chemistry dates back to the ancient civilization of Egypt. The
Egyptians
figured out the use of fire in extracting copper from their ores. Through chemistry,
they also
found a way to create synthetic pigment using crushed mineral salt as their material

Metallurgy
- The earliest ironworking site so far was discovered in Carthage, North Africa.
Archeological expeditions found iron production that dates around the middle of
the 8th-
century BCE. The ever-growing production and trade of forged metal started the
iron age in
the ancient world.

Engineering
- African developed a unique architectural development. The stone architecture in
Zimbabwe is the largest stone structure south of the Sahara and was constructed
somewhere
in the 11th century. One of the feats of these structures is they are not constructed
with the
use of mortar which is popular at that time. They also develop the use of Cubit
measurement

astronomy
-Dogon people of Mali understand the details of the star system of Sirius. They
figured out
that Sirius is a binary star system composed of two-star, Sirius A and Sirius B. The
Dogon
people are also aware of the orbit system of the two stars, and they based their
rituals on it.