Years of History

Question 1

1250AD

Answer 1

Mamluk came to power

Question 2

969AD

Answer 2

Egypt gained independence from the rule of Baghdad

Question 3

1517AD*

Answer 3

Ottoman Turk occupied Egypt
Mamluk destroyed

Question 4

r.1434-1468AD

Answer 4

Atse Zera Yacob

Question 5

end of 14th C.*

Answer 5

Kingdom of Kongo was founded by Bantu people

Question 6

in 1482&1491AD

Answer 6

White explorers reached Kongo

Question 7

1504AD

Answer 7

Funj was established

Question 8

1620AD

Answer 8

Funj destroyed by King Susenyos

Question 9

1820s

Answer 9

Muhammed Ali conquered Egypt

Question 10

7TH C.

Answer 10

birth of Islam

Question 11

642AD

Answer 11

Egypt under conquer by Arabs

Question 12

11TH C.

Answer 12

politico-religious rivalries

Question 13

4th C.

Answer 13

Ghana was founded by Soninke people

Question 14

1000AD**

Answer 14

Ghana reached its apex

Question 15

1076AD

Answer 15

ancient Ghana came to an end being invaded by Almoravids

Question 16

r.1312-1337

Answer 16

Mansa Musa

Question 17

b/n 1000-1200AD

Answer 17

foundation of the Kingdom of Songhai

Question 18

2000yrs ago

Answer 18

Bantu speaking people established small village settlements along the coast of the Indian ocean

Question 19

1505AD

Answer 19

Portuguese established a trading fort at Sofala

Question 20

beginning in the 4th C.

Answer 20

???

Question 21

from the 11th-15th C.*

Answer 21

Zimbabwe controlled much of the East African coast
Great Zimbabwe was the heart of a thriving trading empire

Question 22

1450AD. AFTER

Answer 22

Rozwi clans kings of the shona people established the empire called Mwene Mutapa

Question 23

since 1000AD

Answer 23

???,

Question 24

15th C.

Answer 24

Piriatic Slave trade phase began

Question 25

beginning 1300AD

Answer 25

???

Question 26

7th c.

Answer 26

???

Question 27

1415AD

Answer 27

Ceuta conquered

Question 28

1415-1769AD

Answer 28

Portugal in Ceuta

Question 29

1432AD

Answer 29

Portuguese reached Cape Bojadore

Question 30

1441AD

Answer 30

Nuno Trisatao (Portuguese explorer) found Cape Blanc

Question 31

1460AD

Answer 31

Portuguese at Sierra Leon

Question 32

16th C.*

Answer 32

Portugals decline

Question 33

1482AD

Answer 33

Portuguese= Castle of Elmina, Western Coast, Ghana

Question 34

1642AD

Answer 34

Portuguese left Castle of Elmina, Western Coast, Ghana permanently to the Dutchess

Question 35

1492AD

Answer 35

Discovery of America

Question 36

from 15th-opening of 19th C.

Answer 36

slavery existed

Question 37

15th C.-1580s

Answer 37

Piratic Slave Trade Phase

Question 38

1580s-1690s

Answer 38

Monopolistic Slave Trade Phase

Question 39

more than12million

Answer 39

no of total slaves

Question 40

1st half of the 19th C.

Answer 40

???

Question 41

1270AD

Answer 41

Zagwe defeated by Yekuno Amlak

Question 42

1285AD

Answer 42

Ifat (Walasma dynasty)

Question 43

since the 9th C.

Answer 43

???

Question 44

beginning of 8th C.

Answer 44

the spread of Islam

Question 45

896AD

Answer 45

Sultanate of Shewa (Makhzumite Dynasty) established

Question 46

1974AD

Answer 46

H/Sellasie regime fall (the tradition of identifying the Christian kings of Ethiopia with ancient Israel ended)

Question 47

1270AD

Answer 47

Zagwe Dynasty replaced by Yekuno Amlak’s “Solomonic Dynasty”
CHK developed great interest in Zeila (which led to conflict)

Question 48

1150AD*

Answer 48

Zagwe Dynasty was founded by Mera Tekle Haymanot

Question 49

r.1270-1285

Answer 49

Yekuno Amlak

Question 50

first half of the 13th C.

Answer 50

construction of Rock-Hewn churches of Lalibela