Archaeological site, Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa

Aksum
The city of Aksum emerged several centuries before the birth of Christ, as the capital of a state that traded with ancient Greece, Egypt and Asia.
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Asante Traditional Buildings
The Ashanti or Asante are a major ethnic group in Ghana. Around the 13th century AD, the Ashanti and various other peoples migrated into the forest belt of present-day Ghana and established small states in the hilly country around present-day Kumasi.
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Great Zimbabwe Ruins
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe are one of the most important archaeological sites in Africa, giving testimony to the lost civilisation of the Shona.
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Khami Ruins
The Khami Ruins are the most important archaeological site in Zimbabwe after the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, with which history it is closely linked.
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Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
Kilwa Kisiwani is an Islamic community on an island off the coast of East Africa, in present day Tanzania.
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Stone Circles of Senegambia
The Senegambian stone circles lie in Gambia north of Janjanbureh and in central Senegal. They are sometimes divided into the Wassu (Gambian) and Sine-Saloum (Senegalese) circles, but this is purely a national division.
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Tomb of Askia
The fifteenth century Tomb of Askia in Gao is considered a fine example of the monumental mud-building traditions of the West African Sahel.
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