List of African Empires

    * 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