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The GP is presumably referring to the Ghana and Mali Empires, which did arise in large part through ironworking, and then declined due to internal strife some t
by Mediterraneo10 7y ago
The GP is presumably referring to the Ghana and Mali Empires, which did arise in large part through ironworking, and then declined due to internal strife some time before European colonialism took off in the region (the former empire collapsed centuries before the Europeans arrived).
- init 7y agoI was thinking more of the kingdoms of Kongo[0] and Benin[1] that are geographically closer to present day Gabon. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo#First_Kongo-Portuguese_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo#First_Kongo-P... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ashanti_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ashanti_wars