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Learn more about Africa's Great Civilizations with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Explore the Great City of Meroe, third and last capital of the Ancient Kingdom of Kush.
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The Kingdom of Kongo was one of the largest and most powerful in the southern half Africa.
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Dahomey contained a vast complex of royal palaces and a unique canon of art.
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The heart of ancient Timbuktu’s intellectual life was its libraries.
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A quarter of all slaves who crossed the Atlantic started from what is today Angola.
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Explore ancient African civilizations and the origin story of Ile Ife.
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When it was founded in the year 1070, Marrakesh was a center of politics and law.
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The Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe conveyed majesty, wealth, and architectural genius.
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Travel to the ancient city of Gondar in Africa's Great Civilizations.
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Explore 12 churches that were carved out of rock in the ancient Ethiopian highlands.
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Did you know that afro combs were used in ancient African civilizations?