> They also didn't have access to proper domestic animals before Europe industrialized I think you're confusing lack of domesticated animals in primitive time

> They also didn't have access to proper domestic animals before Europe industrialized I think you're confusing lack of domesticated animals in primitive times. Cows and such have been farmed in africa for a long time. For example, Nguni cattle[0], seems to have brought to southern africa as early as the sixth century. And, well, there were a host of empires on the coast of northern africa before the industrial revolution. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguni_cattle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguni_cattle