I've been watching your videos from the start and I would like to say thank you for being the historian everyone needs to learn from. Throughout my life I had to deal with Eurocentrists who said my people don't have history and Afrocentrists who try to deny their own history by claiming others. If only I could somehow get you noticed on mainstream instead of the rubbish I constantly hear.
I'm a Romanian and I can attest to Eurocentrism. In school we were taught that the Romanian ancestors , the Dacians, had invented monotheism, which is obviously just nationalist hype. I also had to hear about sub-developed African cultures from the older generations. So it comes as a big relief that my African studies back in college proved those people all wrong.
@@kimeraclan3135 I'm glad that the college you went to was able to tell the accurate history of Africa without any bias or misinformation. I'm an American and I love my country, but unfortunately despite having a large black American population we rarely talk about African history aside from the Atlantic Slave Trade. I grew up having to listen to Afrocentrists who believed they were the original Israelites or they were the Aboriginies of America. I had nowhere to turn to unless I wanted to hear the fallacy and ignorance Eurocentrists had about Africa. "Africans lived in mudhuts", "Africans lived in the Stone Ages", "Africans didn't invent the wheel therefore are primitive", "Africans never had written scripts". That's just to name a few of their claims, and sadly many believe this false information. Only after finding HomeTeamHistory and From Nothing was my mind finally at rest, because I found the truth I was looking for.
Here's a fact I think you'll find interesting. The Far East (East Asia and Southeast Asia) generally developed ironworking LATER than sub-Saharan Africa. Even China, the EARLIEST ironworking civilization in the Far East, reached its own Iron Age around 600 to 500 BC. By then, a good number of sub-Saharan African societies and civilizations had already developed ironworking. Meanwhile, the rest of the Far East wouldn't reach its own Iron Age until centuries after China, and therefore centuries after sub-Saharan Africa. Societies like Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines generally reached their Iron Age in the late 1st millennium BC or thereafter. I think this is worth mentioning because a lot of people have a tendency to use ironworking as a weapon (no pun intended) with which to criticize sub-Saharan Africans by saying things like, "they developed ironworking late!" But in fact, sub-Saharan Africa GENERALLY reached its Iron Age BEFORE the Far East, yet the Far East doesn't face this same criticism.
@@petergriffin3723 Quite the opposite. China was actually one of the LAST places in Afro-Eurasia to develop ironworking, having been preceded by Africa (both north and south of the Sahara), Europe, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and the Indian subcontinent.
@@bluebird5173 That's very uncomfortable to think about, especially seeing how China is so influential with a very rich history and culture, but that's probably because I was raised in the Western world.
@@petergriffin3723 Asian civilizations certainly have a long and rich history with their fair share of advanced/impressive developments, but I think people tend to overestimate these developments a bit. For example, the Chinese never figured out the earth was round until the 17th century, while Japanese mathematics had ONLY just developed in that same period beginning with Kambei Mori. The "Classical" periods of Japan and Korea (such as the revered Heian and Joseon periods) weren't actually part of Classical Antiquity with the likes of Greece/Persia/Axum/Kush, but contemporary with the Middle Ages in Europe as well as the Age of Exploration. "Ancient" stone monuments like Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia weren't ancient at all, but produced after the time of King Charlemagne. None of the Far East outside of China (and MAYBE Korea) ever developed the wheel until Medieval times, _but even then,_ the wheel was never widely adopted by most Asians until relatively recently, or the 20th century in the case of Japan! The vast majority of Asian writing systems weren't develop in Classical Antiquity, but in the Middle Ages and afterwards, with the only exceptions being Chinese and Cham script of Vietnam (as far as I'm aware). Until modern times, the vast majority of Asian buildings and structures had always been made of wood or bamboo, not stone. As I mentioned, I think people have a tendency to overestimate Asian history, but I think these things are interesting to think about and helps put things into perspective because they show how malleable civilizations are, reaching their high points and low points at different times in history. It's especially helpful when discussing AFRICAN history because, based on everything I've mentioned, the history of sub-Saharan Africa isn't too different from the history of Far East Asia.
Be sure to check out Stefan Milo's part for a more thorough breakdown of the African Iron Age and then Ollie Bye will also be hosting a video on the Eurasian Iron Age in the next month or two. Links to their channels below! Stefan Milo: th-cam.com/video/touQN1mkC5o/w-d-xo.html Ollie Bye: th-cam.com/channels/6gNjP1W4FXWExT5QpYkmhQ.html
@@draco_1876 Sorry, I thought you meant why quote 1:01 but you meant @JEH's comment. Goodness knows why?! They probably got no further than the title of the video.
Absolutely fascinating, especially the part about the Haya producing high quality steel. Was this used immediately for weapons? Or was it like early iron where they mostly saw it in jewelry?
Nice video, I just have 2 small criticisms. I think it would be better to include an "uninhabited" option on your key for places like Madagascar, as the map in the video implies it was populated by stone/bronze age people before 500 AD. Also, the music from 1:40-2:00 makes it a little hard to hear what you're saying. Other than that, great video, this is definitely an interesting topic
I lean toward multiple starting points. (not that I know beans) They do know so many other things we humans do that had multiple starts, after all, it's kind of weird to my mind that it'd be just one area to invent iron work.
This is one of the best videos on TH-cam. I'm a young person and I'm realizing how much I was deceived by Eurocentric culture and teaching in school. I gotta say, I'm properly miffed. I started learning to channel that energy. Quality content like this so helpful in filling in the gaps of history.
Great video, i appreciate your hard work in educating people on this sadly overlooked content, which is the birthplace of human kind. You mentioned on this video the Canary Islands and cape verde can you do a video on the history of both of these regions, especially the Canary Islands.
The spread of iron in the Americas is quite rare compared to the rest of the world, native south americans (like the Huari and Chimor) having already access to it during late antiquity and early middle ages they never used it for other than sculpture & art while certain native north american tribes (such as the Hopewell) already used metal armor & weaponry. Curiously enough, besides the mesoamericans only adopting bronze around the high medieval period they were the most advanced in the continent in terms of writing, mathematics and astrology.
You should go deep in many aspects of african history. You are the best TH-camr on this subject and yet I feel sad that there isn't much content anymore. But we all have our own path, good luck.
@@FromNothingDamn, it's been yrs but I am pretty sure that controversy has been cleared up and the later but still much earlier dates of 2nd millennium BC is agreed upon(earliest dating that the initial study produced was in the 3rd millennium BCE) and it shouldn't be that controversial given there's a sample in the Urals dated to the 3rd millennium BCE controversial as well but way less controversial(for some reason) than the several (both in Southern Nigeria and Central African Republic and I think in Cameroon as well but not sure) African sites dated to the 2nd millennium BC. This is certainly the conclusion that the volume, metallurgy in Africa comes to so it isn't just my speculation.
Awesome video! Definitely subscribing for more. Can I suggest, (as a lowly commentor) when the info cards come in during the map section, have them spawn at the top and push the older ones down? The controls get in the way of the bottom ones when the video is paused. Either way, great work!
Good Video, but I think you should challenge the fact that Western academics always want to put an asterisk whenever the evidence shows that Africans independently invented something that is either contemporaneous to same inventions in the west or the Africans invented the technology earlier than the Western countries. This is a very good example of that. The technology used by Africans to invent iron was totally different from that of other places, so the Westerners are no able to use their usual explanation that it diffused into Africa. So what they try to do it is question the dates, and say it is inconclusive, and not all archaeologist agree. This is just a ploy to deny that Sub-Saharan Africans could invent anything.
Look up the Tumaal (blacksmith), Midhimaan (hunters) , and Muuse dhiriyee (potters) of Somalia. Under studied and underrated group of warriors who were outcasted for their skills by foreign powers as they were seen as a threat.
Bronze requires tin for its production, a material historically difficult to acquire. Access to tin in the ancient world often depended on participation in major trade routes which most of Africa was not part of. Therefore, it's likely that most of Africa wasn't heavily involved in bronzeworking. Instead, they may have transitioned directly from stone tools to ironworking, bypassing the Bronze Age altogether.
Jabari, are you still working on an African-themed fantasy game? I was hoping to share some suggestions for it since I've been planning to start a game like the Elder Scrolls or Witcher.
Great video. Just one problem with your map. You fail to update "Carthage" to Roman Empire by the turn of the common era, as well as other regions in Africa
I wonder why iron working didn’t spread into the western forest zone (modern day Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Lone) of West Africa until much later than in the rest of the region?
Great video, but should Madagascar start in a different colour and only go green when it was settled? Or go straight to brown if the first settlers knew iron?
While Iron smelting and working may have had an indigenous genesis, it could just as easily have been shared from the Phoenicians, who were known to have explored the entirety of the African coastal areas, including West Africa. This is derived from the fact that the Canaanites knew Iron working skills and Herodotus shared one of the voyages chartered by an Egyptian Phaeroes and Egypt was importing cocaine and tobacco in the times of Ramses II
That's unlikely for several reasons as metalworking predates the advent of Punic settlement in North Africa. This video actually does a pretty poor job of laying out a precise history of metalwork, and the emergency of both Copper metallurgical and Iron metallurgical knowledge, in different regions of the continent at different times. Explaining it though definitely requires more than a six minute video, because there is a lot that goes into explaining the sociocultural context of metallurgy in different regions of Africa-discovered independently by several cultures from various regions-the different hypothesis explaining the emergence of this technology, and naming off each archaeological site where the oldest evidence of Copper metalwork and Iron metalwork are known to have began in Africa.
What if an African Time-Traveler tried to give or teach as much advanced knowledge and inventions to Ancient Egypt back in 3000 BCE? Wondering how much better that Alternate Timeline is for everyone
Some parts did, specifically Nubia. Nowhere in the video did I state that all of Sub-Saharan Africa did though hence why the legend on the side says "Stone or Bronze"
dates are disputed because erurocentric scholars and ancheologists who hvae done zero archeological work in Africa don't belive africans had iron before europe did
@@citationsloth facts but how can the money be used in the right way when most African leaders do what western companies and corporations want to keep their positions, there is too much corruption
I think africa skip the browned age becuase it got knowledge for somewhere else. egypt when through all three ages becuase it was near where all action in tech is happening.
@@fightfannerd2078 In 2000BCE whites did not have civilization yet. Remember? You killed people like Socrates for trying to spread knowledge at 500BCE. We have been playing with iron since atleast 2000 BC. Play with me again and I will prove you how even the same ancient egyptians you admire were african. But I guess your not ready for that.
Great vid man! I'm always happy to talk African archaeology.
Ay man I love your history vids. So interesting👌🏽
Both of ya'll make great videos 👍
Woo spoon mic hero!
because they learned Iron smelting from outsiders 8868
aka White Caucasians
Especially since the alt right pretends Africa was in the Stone Age
God, I need to follow this channel more. African history is underrated and exceptionally interesting.
Came here from Stefan Milo. Not disappointed. How can I have missed this channel...? Have now subscribe.
Great video!
I've been watching your videos from the start and I would like to say thank you for being the historian everyone needs to learn from. Throughout my life I had to deal with Eurocentrists who said my people don't have history and Afrocentrists who try to deny their own history by claiming others. If only I could somehow get you noticed on mainstream instead of the rubbish I constantly hear.
I'm a Romanian and I can attest to Eurocentrism. In school we were taught that the Romanian ancestors , the Dacians, had invented monotheism, which is obviously just nationalist hype. I also had to hear about sub-developed African cultures from the older generations. So it comes as a big relief that my African studies back in college proved those people all wrong.
@@kimeraclan3135 I'm glad that the college you went to was able to tell the accurate history of Africa without any bias or misinformation. I'm an American and I love my country, but unfortunately despite having a large black American population we rarely talk about African history aside from the Atlantic Slave Trade. I grew up having to listen to Afrocentrists who believed they were the original Israelites or they were the Aboriginies of America. I had nowhere to turn to unless I wanted to hear the fallacy and ignorance Eurocentrists had about Africa. "Africans lived in mudhuts", "Africans lived in the Stone Ages", "Africans didn't invent the wheel therefore are primitive", "Africans never had written scripts". That's just to name a few of their claims, and sadly many believe this false information. Only after finding HomeTeamHistory and From Nothing was my mind finally at rest, because I found the truth I was looking for.
@@petergriffin3723 Groovy! And I'm glad that you found reliable sources to follow.
@@kimeraclan3135 Lol, thank you! And you too.
I know exactly how you feel. I just want to enjoy African history like I do Roman history without all the baggage. I hate racism.
Here's a fact I think you'll find interesting. The Far East (East Asia and Southeast Asia) generally developed ironworking LATER than sub-Saharan Africa. Even China, the EARLIEST ironworking civilization in the Far East, reached its own Iron Age around 600 to 500 BC. By then, a good number of sub-Saharan African societies and civilizations had already developed ironworking.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Far East wouldn't reach its own Iron Age until centuries after China, and therefore centuries after sub-Saharan Africa. Societies like Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines generally reached their Iron Age in the late 1st millennium BC or thereafter.
I think this is worth mentioning because a lot of people have a tendency to use ironworking as a weapon (no pun intended) with which to criticize sub-Saharan Africans by saying things like, "they developed ironworking late!" But in fact, sub-Saharan Africa GENERALLY reached its Iron Age BEFORE the Far East, yet the Far East doesn't face this same criticism.
Well that's interesting. I would think China would have an iron age that predated everyone else, but thanks.
Makes sense. With a lack of tin to create bronze Africans had to make up for it with the invention of iron.
@@petergriffin3723 Quite the opposite. China was actually one of the LAST places in Afro-Eurasia to develop ironworking, having been preceded by Africa (both north and south of the Sahara), Europe, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and the Indian subcontinent.
@@bluebird5173 That's very uncomfortable to think about, especially seeing how China is so influential with a very rich history and culture, but that's probably because I was raised in the Western world.
@@petergriffin3723 Asian civilizations certainly have a long and rich history with their fair share of advanced/impressive developments, but I think people tend to overestimate these developments a bit. For example, the Chinese never figured out the earth was round until the 17th century, while Japanese mathematics had ONLY just developed in that same period beginning with Kambei Mori. The "Classical" periods of Japan and Korea (such as the revered Heian and Joseon periods) weren't actually part of Classical Antiquity with the likes of Greece/Persia/Axum/Kush, but contemporary with the Middle Ages in Europe as well as the Age of Exploration. "Ancient" stone monuments like Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia weren't ancient at all, but produced after the time of King Charlemagne. None of the Far East outside of China (and MAYBE Korea) ever developed the wheel until Medieval times, _but even then,_ the wheel was never widely adopted by most Asians until relatively recently, or the 20th century in the case of Japan! The vast majority of Asian writing systems weren't develop in Classical Antiquity, but in the Middle Ages and afterwards, with the only exceptions being Chinese and Cham script of Vietnam (as far as I'm aware). Until modern times, the vast majority of Asian buildings and structures had always been made of wood or bamboo, not stone.
As I mentioned, I think people have a tendency to overestimate Asian history, but I think these things are interesting to think about and helps put things into perspective because they show how malleable civilizations are, reaching their high points and low points at different times in history. It's especially helpful when discussing AFRICAN history because, based on everything I've mentioned, the history of sub-Saharan Africa isn't too different from the history of Far East Asia.
Be sure to check out Stefan Milo's part for a more thorough breakdown of the African Iron Age and then Ollie Bye will also be hosting a video on the Eurasian Iron Age in the next month or two. Links to their channels below!
Stefan Milo:
th-cam.com/video/touQN1mkC5o/w-d-xo.html
Ollie Bye:
th-cam.com/channels/6gNjP1W4FXWExT5QpYkmhQ.html
Don't forget to pin this comment Jabari.
Watching the time elapse like, "God damn, South Africa, everybody's waiting!"
Awesome stuff! So refresh to look at something that takes me beyond just the Nile River valley or Carthage lol
Thank you for the content you continue to provide and put out Jabari.
Your efforts are appreciated!
"Evidence exists for earlier iron metallurgy in parts of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central Africa, possibly from as early as around 2000 BC."
1:01
Why’d you quote this?
@@draco_1876 'Cos the reference to earlier iron mettalurgy is mentioned at that point in the video.
@@defimperia2373 No I’m just asking why would he quote this
@@draco_1876 Sorry, I thought you meant why quote 1:01 but you meant @JEH's comment. Goodness knows why?! They probably got no further than the title of the video.
Absolutely fascinating, especially the part about the Haya producing high quality steel. Was this used immediately for weapons? Or was it like early iron where they mostly saw it in jewelry?
It was most likely used primarily for tools like axes, hoes, and knives.
It was mostly used for tools and weapons.
Thanks for the information. Your vid was easy to follow, but explained clearly the richness of the subject matter.
Well done sir! Thanks again for chipping away at the myth of the “Dark Continent.”
That was a really cool timeline map.
My college taught me about the Nok civilization who were the first to develop Iron Smelting. Have you covered them yet?
Nice video, I just have 2 small criticisms. I think it would be better to include an "uninhabited" option on your key for places like Madagascar, as the map in the video implies it was populated by stone/bronze age people before 500 AD. Also, the music from 1:40-2:00 makes it a little hard to hear what you're saying. Other than that, great video, this is definitely an interesting topic
Awesome work man ⚔️
I lean toward multiple starting points. (not that I know beans) They do know so many other things we humans do that had multiple starts, after all, it's kind of weird to my mind that it'd be just one area to invent iron work.
Very interesting subject!. It would be great to see more archeological research for this.
This is one of the best videos on TH-cam. I'm a young person and I'm realizing how much I was deceived by Eurocentric culture and teaching in school. I gotta say, I'm properly miffed. I started learning to channel that energy. Quality content like this so helpful in filling in the gaps of history.
Been on the wait for one of these ones. I know I'll leave smarter than before I clicked.
Great video, i appreciate your hard work in educating people on this sadly overlooked content, which is the birthplace of human kind. You mentioned on this video the Canary Islands and cape verde can you do a video on the history of both of these regions, especially the Canary Islands.
No doubt educational and knowledgeable as usual
Awesome bro, can you link their channels in the description. stephen and ali
Akin Akin I see you!
It's good to see the African TH-cam community being interwoven together.
Their channels are in the pinned comment :)
The spread of iron in the Americas is quite rare compared to the rest of the world, native south americans (like the Huari and Chimor) having already access to it during late antiquity and early middle ages they never used it for other than sculpture & art while certain native north american tribes (such as the Hopewell) already used metal armor & weaponry.
Curiously enough, besides the mesoamericans only adopting bronze around the high medieval period they were the most advanced in the continent in terms of writing, mathematics and astrology.
The Mesoamericans never used bronze, your thinking of the Andean civilisations such as the Inca.
Thank you!
Iron Metallurgy is the best to get into. It's better when Africans get into this. There's a secret to it.
Always greta videos, Jabari!
Greta indeed
You should go deep in many aspects of african history. You are the best TH-camr on this subject and yet I feel sad that there isn't much content anymore. But we all have our own path, good luck.
Yeah unfortunately my schedule and financial situation have been alot less forgiving. Some day though I'll be able to produce content full-time.
I could have sworn that African use of Iron is older than that, even if it wasn't the mainstay and thus not "iron age" at that time yet
1:01
@@FromNothingDamn, it's been yrs but I am pretty sure that controversy has been cleared up and the later but still much earlier dates of 2nd millennium BC is agreed upon(earliest dating that the initial study produced was in the 3rd millennium BCE) and it shouldn't be that controversial given there's a sample in the Urals dated to the 3rd millennium BCE controversial as well but way less controversial(for some reason) than the several (both in Southern Nigeria and Central African Republic and I think in Cameroon as well but not sure) African sites dated to the 2nd millennium BC.
This is certainly the conclusion that the volume, metallurgy in Africa comes to so it isn't just my speculation.
@@ikengaspirit3063 I am already planning to release an updated version of this video as well as a detailed documentary.
Excellent! Thank you. 👍
Awesome video! Definitely subscribing for more. Can I suggest, (as a lowly commentor) when the info cards come in during the map section, have them spawn at the top and push the older ones down? The controls get in the way of the bottom ones when the video is paused. Either way, great work!
Good Video, but I think you should challenge the fact that Western academics always want to put an asterisk whenever the evidence shows that Africans independently invented something that is either contemporaneous to same inventions in the west or the Africans invented the technology earlier than the Western countries. This is a very good example of that. The technology used by Africans to invent iron was totally different from that of other places, so the Westerners are no able to use their usual explanation that it diffused into Africa. So what they try to do it is question the dates, and say it is inconclusive, and not all archaeologist agree. This is just a ploy to deny that Sub-Saharan Africans could invent anything.
Fantastic
Great animation, and hugely informative!
Amazing work!
Cool
Nice music choice, very industrial feel. Fitting.
Absolutely an amazing presentation about Iron Age in Africa. Thank you!
I'm working on a newer and more accurate version actually.
Nice vid
Very nice video and collaboration.
Thank you for this. Great content.
please consider a video about what a modern Africa with countries would look like if it were never colonized or did you already do that
Look up the Tumaal (blacksmith), Midhimaan (hunters) , and Muuse dhiriyee (potters) of Somalia. Under studied and underrated group of warriors who were outcasted for their skills by foreign powers as they were seen as a threat.
Bronze requires tin for its production, a material historically difficult to acquire. Access to tin in the ancient world often depended on participation in major trade routes which most of Africa was not part of. Therefore, it's likely that most of Africa wasn't heavily involved in bronzeworking. Instead, they may have transitioned directly from stone tools to ironworking, bypassing the Bronze Age altogether.
What is the source of the hammer music during the map part of the video? It's really cool
Vary interesting video.
Interesting video
Jabari, are you still working on an African-themed fantasy game? I was hoping to share some suggestions for it since I've been planning to start a game like the Elder Scrolls or Witcher.
You may be thinking of the Wagadu Chronicles. It's not something we are developing but we have been in discussions with them about it.
@@redwallzyl I was hoping to provide some input. Is there anyway I can do that?
@@petergriffin3723 Well, they seem to have a discord linked on their website so that may be a good place to start.
@@redwallzyl Thanks.
Great video. Just one problem with your map. You fail to update "Carthage" to Roman Empire by the turn of the common era, as well as other regions in Africa
I had to stop myself from clicking off of this. Because I'm an idiot. The time-crawling map is pretty damn useful and well implemented.
I wonder why iron working didn’t spread into the western forest zone (modern day Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Lone) of West Africa until much later than in the rest of the region?
It possibly did. Unfortunately there is just an overwhelming lack of archaeological work in Africa wth the exception of Egypt and Carthage.
Great video, but should Madagascar start in a different colour and only go green when it was settled? Or go straight to brown if the first settlers knew iron?
King Jabari...
Could you do videos on the Mutapa or Rozvi empires?
While Iron smelting and working may have had an indigenous genesis, it could just as easily have been shared from the Phoenicians, who were known to have explored the entirety of the African coastal areas, including West Africa. This is derived from the fact that the Canaanites knew Iron working skills and Herodotus shared one of the voyages chartered by an Egyptian Phaeroes and Egypt was importing cocaine and tobacco in the times of Ramses II
Where are the sources though? Assumptions is not evidence.
That's unlikely for several reasons as metalworking predates the advent of Punic settlement in North Africa.
This video actually does a pretty poor job of laying out a precise history of metalwork, and the emergency of both Copper metallurgical and Iron metallurgical knowledge, in different regions of the continent at different times.
Explaining it though definitely requires more than a six minute video, because there is a lot that goes into explaining the sociocultural context of metallurgy in different regions of Africa-discovered independently by several cultures from various regions-the different hypothesis explaining the emergence of this technology, and naming off each archaeological site where the oldest evidence of Copper metalwork and Iron metalwork are known to have began in Africa.
You should do a video on the Kongo kingdom
Kongo is truly interesting.
What if an African Time-Traveler tried to give or teach as much advanced knowledge and inventions to Ancient Egypt back in 3000 BCE?
Wondering how much better that Alternate Timeline is for everyone
I thought subsaharan Africa never had a bronze age. They jumped straight to iron.
Some parts did, specifically Nubia. Nowhere in the video did I state that all of Sub-Saharan Africa did though hence why the legend on the side says "Stone or Bronze"
@@FromNothing most of them jumped straight to iron
the music is too loud and distracts from the information
Was thinking the same thing.
Do you have the name of the song that plays from min 2 to min 4?
dates are disputed because erurocentric scholars and ancheologists who hvae done zero archeological work in Africa don't belive africans had iron before europe did
actually they are desputed because of lack of proof, carbon dating rang issue
@@citationsloth how do you get proof? By excavating, something they don't seem too keen on doing.
@@vegapunk100 to be fair Africa should be responsible for African archeolog, we shouldinf worry about what they want to do
@@citationsloth Facts. Africans and Diasporans should donate money to a university or museum to fund a excavation.
@@citationsloth facts but how can the money be used in the right way when most African leaders do what western companies and corporations want to keep their positions, there is too much corruption
Ancient... Rich... Diverse. Very unscientific collection of meanings
YEA YEA !!!
The African bronze age would be better. More interesting.
Africa didn't have a bronze age though? I guess egypt but the rest skipped it and went straight to iron.
@@bryane727 It's interesting Africa went straight into the Iron Age.
@@petergriffin3723 because they learned Iron smelting from outsiders
I think africa skip the browned age becuase it got knowledge for somewhere else. egypt when through all three ages becuase it was near where all action in tech is happening.
Africa didn't skip the iron age, bro. Did you watch the video?
@@cavaugnsharkey2699 I mistyped. I should have said the bronzed age.
@@spark300c Oh okay, no sweat.
it's obvious West Africans learned it from ancient White Caucasian civilizations
@@fightfannerd2078 In 2000BCE whites did not have civilization yet. Remember? You killed people like Socrates for trying to spread knowledge at 500BCE. We have been playing with iron since atleast 2000 BC. Play with me again and I will prove you how even the same ancient egyptians you admire were african. But I guess your not ready for that.
before learning africa history i always thought about africa doesnt havin water
after learning about african history i now thought about iron