Ethiopian Empire? Also known as Abyssinia, 1270 to 1974 is an eastern African country. Its predecessor is the contemporary East African countries, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
In the wave of imperialist partition of Africa, Abyssinia Empire is the only two countries that have maintained their independent status alongside Liberia. Until after World War II.
Different from ordinary African countries, Ethiopia's ancient monarchy and system were preserved before the Italian invasion in World War II (1936- 194 1) and were not swallowed up by the colonial tide. The Ethiopian Empire was overthrown by mengistu in 1974.
2. The Arab Empire
The Arab Empire (Arabic: 632-1258) is an Islamic empire established by Arabs in the Middle Ages. China's history books since the Tang Dynasty all call it "Big Food", while Western Europe is used to calling it Salasin Empire.
After 626 years, the Arab Empire had four caliphates (632 -66 1 year) and two hereditary dynasties: Umayyad dynasty (66 1 -750) and Abasi dynasty (750-1258).
The extremely prosperous Arab territory stretches from the Indus River and the Green Ridge in the east, to the Atlantic coast in the west, to the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea and southern France in the north, and to the Arabian Sea and the Sahara Desert in the south, with a land area of 6,543,803.4 million square kilometers. It is one of the longest empires in the ancient history of the world, and it is also a great empire spanning Asia, Europe and Africa after the Persian Achaemenid Dynasty, the Alexander Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
In order to compete for territory with the world power Tang Empire at that time, the Arab Empire concentrated on developing the military level of the whole country. In 7 10, the military strength generally caught up with Tubo. Because of attaching importance to military affairs and neglecting economic development, agricultural development is backward, and internal peasant uprisings continue. After Nero's war, the Arab Empire was unable to move eastward.
1258, Baghdad, the capital of Abbas, was captured by Xu Liewu, commander-in-chief of Mongolia's Western Expedition, and the Arab Empire perished. Due to its unique geographical location, the rise of the Arab Empire changed the development process of many neighboring nationalities and had a very important impact in medieval history.
3. Sanghai Empire
Songhai Empire, an ancient country in West Africa, flourished from15th century to16th century. It is the last great black indigenous empire in the Sahel region.
In the 7th century, Sang Hai established a small kingdom in Dundee, and then moved to Gao. It successively belonged to Ghana Empire and Mali Empire, and gradually converted to Islam. /kloc-In the late 5th century, after he ascended the throne, Sonny Ali expanded along the Niger River, occupied Timbuktu, the central city of Mali Empire, and formally established the Sanghai Empire.
At its peak, Sang Hai's territory stretched to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, Hausa in the east and southern Morocco in the north. After the death of Sonny Ali, the country fell into civil strife. 1590, the Moroccan army invaded Gao, Timbuktu and other places, and the Sanghai Empire collapsed.
4. Empire of Mali
Also known as Ding Man Empire or Mandenkulufa, it was a powerful Islamic empire in West Africa in the Middle Ages, the most vast country in the vast inland south of North Africa, and one of the most important Islamic cultural and wealth centers in ancient times.
Mali's empire rose in the first half of13rd century and perished at the beginning of17th century. According to Arabic literature, its heyday began in the tropical rain forest in the south, extended to the Sahara desert in the north, the Atlantic coast in the west and the Hausa residential area in the east. The capital is Gnagni.
5. Empire of Ghana
Or the Kingdom of Ghana, an ancient black kingdom in Africa, with its center in the middle and upper reaches of the Niger River. Around 300 BC, the ancient kingdom of Ghana was established between senegal river and the upper reaches of Niger River. From 65438 to 0076, the Kingdom of Mrabet finally captured Kumbi, the capital of Ghana, forcing the local people to convert to Islam. After that, the Ghana Empire began to decline and was finally annexed by the Mali Empire.
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