* Egyptian Empire (1570 BC - 1070 BC) * Kushite Empire (780 BC - 656 BC) * Carthaginian Empire (575 BC - 146 BC) * Ptolemaic Empire (305 BC - 30 BC) * Aksumite Empire (50 - 937) * Makuria 340s AD to 1312 AD * Kanem Empire (700 - 1376) * Wagadou Empire (750 - 1076) * Fatimid Caliphate (910 - 1171) * Almoravid Caliphate (1061 - 1147) * Almohad Caliphate (1121 - 1269) * Mali Empire (1235 - 1610) * Ghana Empire * Mamluk Sultanate (1250 - 1517) * Ethiopian Empire (1137 - 1974) * Songhai Empire (1340 - 1591) * Jolof Empire (1360 - 1549) * Bornu Empire (1396 - 1893) * Oyo Empire (1400 - 1835) * Adal Sultanate (1415 - 1555) * Benin Empire (1440 - 1897) * Sennar Sultanate (1502 - 1821) * Kaabu Empire (1537 - 1867) * Luba Empire (1585 - 1885) * Lunda Empire (1660 - 1887) * Aro Confederacy (1690 - 1902) * Asante Union (1701 - 1894) * Kong Empire (1710 - 1894) * Bamana Empire (1712 - 1896) * Sokoto Caliphate (1804 - 1903) * Liberian Republic (1847 - 1980) * Toucouleur Empire (1861 -1890) * Wassoulou Empire (1878 - 1898) Works Cited Scott Free, List of African Empires |