Partition of Africa

  • Jan 1, 700

    Ghana rises

  • Jan 1, 800

    Mali rises

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Ghana Falls

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Songhai rises

  • Jan 1, 1487

    Age of Exploration

    5 exploreres travled the world to explore land for the kings of the european countries. These lands were known to be rich in especially spices. They went across these dangerous oceans to find a new route to India because the main one was long and expensees for taxes. They began to expand the knowledge of the world and expand the known map.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Atlantic slave trade

  • Jan 1, 1550

    Mali falls

  • Songhai falls

  • Asante

    Asante rose in what is now Ghana. They faced challenges with neighboring kingdoms like the Denkyera, but ended up defeating them after a spiritual bond. Their ruler was Osei Tutu. He created a wealthy, and powerful state with successful trade.
  • Industrial revolution

    When arkwright built this machine, it allowed europe to grow with facotries and make these fabrics, which helped them because they did not have to rely on india for fabric and now most people have more clothes instead of just 2 shirts and a pair of pants. This revolutionized africa because now there are a surplus of job opening which raised poverty rates.
  • Arkwrights Waterfram

    Arkwright wanted to speed up the process for creating fabric. He used a system like a clock would use and these machines could be replicated to create a huge amount of fabrics.
  • Atlantic slave trade ends

  • Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin published a book called The Origin Of Species. This book argues that all forms of life have evolved over millions of years
  • Social darwinism

    He had put forward the theory of natural selection. Social darwinism then arose and this led to wars and racism. Social darwinism is appying the ideas of survival of the fittest to war and economic compepetion.