Migration is the movement of people from one place to another for temporary or permanent settlement. Cameroon’s present population reflects […]

The Baka are an indigenous forest people of Central Africa. The term “pygmy” appears in older historical texts, but Baka […]

The peopling of Cameroon refers to the movement and settlement of ethnic groups in the territory before colonial rule. Archaeology, […]

Monolithic religions are faiths based on belief in one supreme God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam developed in the Middle East […]

Ancient Chinese civilization developed in the river valleys of East Asia and produced durable political, scientific, technological and cultural traditions. […]

The ancient Greeks, known as Hellenes, developed city-states in the Balkan and Aegean regions. Their civilization influenced politics, philosophy, science, […]

Aksum developed in the northern Horn of Africa between about 100 and 940 AD. Its location enabled it to control […]

The Kingdom of Kush developed south of the River Nile in present-day northern Sudan. It interacted with Egypt but later […]

Ancient Egypt developed along the River Nile in north-eastern Africa. The river supported farming, transport, settlement and the growth of […]

The Iron Age was the period when people learned to extract and work iron for tools and weapons. It followed […]