Despite its name, the old Empire of Ghana is not geographically ... quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence ...

Students at Columbus East High School will have the opportunity to take a brand new advanced placement (AP) course starting ...

Today, the Asante people still remember their ancient traditions. They hold special ceremonies called durbars. This photograph shows an Asante chief at a durbar. Most West African kingdoms slowly ...

It's been over 1,500 years since the collapse of the Roman Empire ... of Europe, Africa and even parts of Asia. There's lots to see, so here we share fascinating photos of ancient marvels to ...

Though smaller in scale than Britain, Spain and other European colonial empires, Sweden had several colonies around the world ...

Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Roman Empire to climate change and disease. This has prompted discussions over whether ...

Ancient Near East is the birthplace of agriculture, great empires, cities, sciences ... meaning "the East," in contrast to the African part of the Arab world, known as al-Maghrib, meaning "the West." ...