African Contributions ?

Question

What contributions has Africa given to society and the world? Hittites were the first to forge metal, the Greeks and Iroquois to develop a democratic and equal society, the Romans heavily influenced modern law systems with their efficient judicial system,and the Chinese, Japanese, Indians and other Southern Asian peoples made many technological, medical, and architectural advancements. Besides the ancient Egyptians, I've heard of the Islamic Mali kingdom was an important trading civilization, and Carthage pioneered in war tactics (mainly due to Hannibal Barca) and naval research. Are there any other major African kingdoms/empires that heavily contributed to modern civilization?

Really? Wasn't Mansa Musa a Muslim? I thought the Mali Empire was the center of Islam in Africa.

Answer 1

correction. The kingdom of Mali was not Islamic- it was anihilated by islamic invaders. Most of the history of west/ north Africa was destroyed in this way- eg nothing remains of the black tribes of Libya.
Ethiopia and Sudan- two magnificent centres of christian architecture (eg churches carved out of rock). Only those in Ethiopia remain.
Zimbabwe (architecture, art)
Boers (tactics)