Region
Africa
Home to some of history's most powerful empires and the longest-running continuous civilizations.
Empires & states
23 places- Kingdom of Aksum
- Ghana Empire
- Mali Empire
- Songhai Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Egypt
- Zulu Kingdom
- Ethiopia
- Kingdom of Kush
- Almoravid dynasty
- Almohad Caliphate
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
- Kanem–Bornu Empire
- Oyo Empire
- Asante Empire
- Kingdom of Benin
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Morocco
- South Africa
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- Middle Kingdom of Egypt
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Third Intermediate Period of Egypt