Education For Life Academy
Where Black History Lives!
The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Introduction: The Politics of Education – Propaganda vs. Empowerment?
World History Timeline
Class 1: African History: The Missing Pages of World History
Africans fought the European Powers heroically for over 100 years using rudimentary weapons before Europe was able to finally colonize Africa using sophisticated firepower. This included heroic women like Amanirenas, Queen of
The first English slave ship to reach "the New World" was called Jesus of Lubeck and affectionally referred to as "The Good Ship Jesus." This image is from
one of the advertisements for the voyage. The ship was lent to Sir John Hawkins by Queen Elizabeth.
Kush, who fought off the Roman army during her reign 40 BC to 10 BC.
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200,000 BC - The origins of humanity begins in Africa in what is now Ethiopia. For over 100,000 humans lived in Africa and Africa alone.
64,000 BC - The bow and arrow - the most advanced weapon in the world until the gun - is developed in Africa by Africans.
35,000 BC - The oldest Europeans, the Cro-Magnon discovered in a cave in southern France.
5000/3150 - 653 BC - Ancient Kemet/Egypt is founded in the Nile Valley. African spirituality is formulated with the 48 Laws of Ma'at and the Holy Trinity of Aset/Isis, Ausar/Osiris, and Heru/Horus. Black Africans ruled Kemet/Egypt for over 3,000 years with a brief 100 year power loss to the Hyksos from approx. 1630 - 1523 BC.
1812-1250 BC - Judaism begins in the Levant in 1812 and Moses gives Jews the law of God in 1250 - 2000 years after the 48 Laws of Ma'at.
800 BC - Greeks emerge from their Dark Age and Greek civilization begins - 4000-2500 years after Ancient Kemet/Egypt.
656 BC - The end of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt and the last native African rule of Ancient Kemet/Egypt.
332 BC - The Greeks conquer Egypt from the Persians.
30 BC - The Roman Empire begins following his defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra VII in the battle at Actium.
4-6 BC - Date in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.
0 - This marks the date in which Jesus Christ is supposed to have died.
30-33 AD - Date in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified.
476 AD - The fall of the Roman Empire to the Germanic Barbarians led by Odoacer.
610 AD - Islam is created following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40.
711 - 1492 AD - The Moors under Islamic rule push the Greeks and Romans out of Africa and conquer Spain, Sicily and Malta for over 700 years.
1492 AD - The kingdom of Granada falls to the Christian forces of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I, and the Moors lose their last foothold in Spain.
1500 - 1850 AD - The height of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, or what Black historians more accurately refer to as the African Holocaust.
1884-85 AD - The Berlin Conference. At this conference, the newly emerging European powers, led by Germany, met to decide which countries in Africa each would be allowed to colonize. A Times editor termed it the "Scramble for Africa."
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Note: BCE and ACE/CE mean the exact same as BC/AD. BCE stands for Before the Common Era and ACE/CE stands for After the Common Era/Common Era respectively. These designations are modern attempts to de-politicize world history by removing Jesus Christ as the primary focal point of human history.
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