Within the narrow coastal plain of the Republic of Congo, which does not exceed 90 meters above sea level, a number of parallel steep ridges, the Mayoumbé mountains, rise with a height ranging from 500 to 800 meters. Northeast of these mountains lies the Niari basin, which is the country’s best agricultural region, around the… Read More »
Archaeological material shows that a large part of the Sahara was inhabited in prehistoric times by communities that operated with cattle keeping. The period between 7500 and 3000 before our time is often called Sahara’s “green period”. This is the same period when Egyptian civilization occurred. But after a long drought some 4000 years ago,… Read More »
Early Dynastic Age (Dynasty 1-2): about 2900-2590 BCE. The unification of Egypt in the Late Predynastic era was further developed by the kings who are considered the first two dynasties. According to Egyptian tradition, Memphis (near present-day Cairo ) was used as a capital by the early kings. No early dynastic monuments exist in Memphis… Read More »