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Africa, 1600–1800 A.D.

Africa, 8000–2000 B.C. Africa, 2000–1000 B.C. Africa, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. Africa, 1–500 A.D. Africa, 500–1000 A.D. Africa, 1000–1400 A.D. Africa, 1400–1600 A.D. Africa, 1600–1800 A.D. Africa, 1800–1900 A.D. Africa, 1900 A.D.–Present
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Encompasses present-day Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania), Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe