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24 07, 2017

Hafsid Dynasty – Medieval Islam

By |2019-08-01T10:07:11-07:00July 24th, 2017|Africa, History, Islam|Comments Off on Hafsid Dynasty – Medieval Islam

The Hafsid Dynasty minted gold coins like this one The Hafsids replace the Almohads In the early 1200s AD, the Almohad empire fell apart into Marinid, Christian, and Hafsid kingdoms. The middle of North Africa [...]

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19 05, 2017

Early African Art

By |2019-08-11T12:44:13-07:00May 19th, 2017|Africa, Art|Comments Off on Early African Art

Early African art from Blombos Cave, South Africa (ca. 80,000 BC) South African art People were producing art in South Africa even before the first people left Africa for other [...]

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