A Timeline of East Africa from 800 BC - 2000 AD #AfricanHistory #EastAfrica

This video describes the great kingdoms of East Africa from the D'mt (Damot) kingdom to the modern era. It talks about great kingdoms like Aksum, the Swahili City States, Mogadishu Sultanate, Zanzibar Sultanate, Ajuran Empire, The Kingdom of Rwanda, Buganda Kingdom and much more!

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Credits:
Coin of the Aksumite King Ezana, by Classical Numanistic group, licensed under CC BY 3.0
Beta Israel in Ethiopia, by Master Uegly, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Ethiopian Orthodox monk, by Klemens Reidlinger (kloehms)
Christian Nubia, by SimonP, licensed under CC BY 2.0
Map of Harla territory, by Magherbin, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Ruins of Harla town, by Magherbin, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Sudan Fresco, from www.flickr.com
Dongola church, by Nabataeus, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Faras Cathedral, by Matthias Gehricke
Migration to Abyssinia, by Rashid ad-Din
Nautical chart of Port of Malindi, by United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
The Sultanate of Shewa, by Aldan-2, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Biete Ghiogis, by Sailko
Medieval Mogadishan coins, by Regio Governo Della Somalia
Sultanate of Kilwa Map, by AbdurRahman AbdulMoneim
Biete Amanuel Lalibela Church, by Sailko, licensed under CC BY 3.0
Bete Abba Libanos, by Katie Hunt
Vasco Da Gama and King of Malindi,by Fulviusbsas
Ajuuran and Adal map, by WandaringGeeljire
Mogadishu 1576, by Abshir55
Marka Somalia, by Scoobycentric, licensed under CC BY 3.0
Imperial Court of Arms of Ethiopia, by Tom Lemmens
Ibn Battuta en Egypt, by Verne, Jules (1878)
Monument of Admiral Zheng He, by Marcin Korsek/Wikimedia commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0