Forgotten Kingdoms

Africans: A people without a history? #forgottenkingdoms #history #Ubuntu #Africa #blackhistory #kingdomofbenin #Africa #Ancient #Lostkingdoms #nigeria #blackhistory #Africahistory #kingdomofaskum #ezana #kings #Ethiopia #Nubia #AncientEgypt #ancientgreece #bantu https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-pKDmlwa8/?igshid=vnz5jqbud8f4

The History of Nubia. #Africa #africancivilization #nubia #Egypt #history #forgottenkingdoms #keithdavid https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-fDqqljLr/?igshid=1d1gsnf23fyxd

The ultimate Super Food... #hemp #cbd #hempproteinpowder #cbdtea #superfood https://www.instagram.com/p/B5TPF8JBngm/?igshid=1k5ccnkuaoa9z

Idris Alooma, Idris ibn 'Ali (Alooma), or Idriss Alaoma, (r. 1570–1602/03 or 1580-1617) was Mai (king) of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, located mainly in Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. His name is more properly written Idris Alawma or Idris Alauma. An outstanding statesman, under his rule Kanem-Bornu touched the zenith of its power. Idris is remembered for his military skills, administrative reforms and Islamic piety. His feats are mainly known through his chronicler Ahmad bin Fartuwa. #forgottenkingdoms #history #Ubuntu #Africa #blackhistory #kingdomofbenin #Africa #Ancient #Lostkingdoms #nigeria #blackhistory #Africahistory #kingdomofaskum #ezana #kings #Ethiopia #Nubia #AncientEgypt #ancientgreece #bantu #Idris #idrisalooma https://www.instagram.com/p/B2YVKdoFdTq/?igshid=1ov0fvvbj8026

Amina (also Aminatu; d. 1610) was a Hausa warrior queen of the city-state Zazzau (present-day city of Zaria in Kaduna State), in what is now in the north-west region of Nigeria.[1] She is the subject of many oral legends that have complicated her legacy, but is believed by historians to have been a real ruler born in the mid-sixteenth century. #forgottenkingdoms #history #Ubuntu #Africa #blackhistory #kingdomofbenin #Africa #Ancient #Lostkingdoms #nigeria #blackhistory #Africahistory #kingdomofaskum #ezana #kings #Ethiopia #Nubia #AncientEgypt #ancientgreece #bantu #Amina https://www.instagram.com/p/B2YTM3NFu76/?igshid=1luv5cr42ljqz

Early Neolithic settlements from prehistoric Egypt have been found in the central Nubian region dating back to 7000 BC, with Wadi Halfa believed to be the oldest settlement in the central Nile valley.Parts of Nubia, such as Ta-Seti (the first nome or administrative region of ancient Egypt), were continuously a part of ancient Egypt throughout the dynastic era.Other parts of Nubia, particularly Lower or Upper Nubia, were at times a part of ancient Pharaonic Egypt and at other times a rival state representing parts of Meroë or the Kingdom of Kush. However, by the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, all of Nubia was united with Egypt, extending down to what is now Khartoum. #forgottenkingdoms #history #Ubuntu #Africa #blackhistory #kingdomofbenin #Africa #Ancient #Lostkingdoms #blackhistory #Africahistory #kingdomofaskum #ezana #kings #Ethiopia #Nubia #AncientEgypt #ancientgreece https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PxOSAlzpr/?igshid=hulfa1q2zmz1

Stop defining yourself by the past 500 years of history while your peoples timeline spans over 5000 years, many different dynasties and kingdoms. We can longer make excuses for this type of ignorance in an age abundant with knowledge and information at your fingertips. It is your responsibility to free yourself from the mental bondage that until this day enslaves a people across continents ooo86nce we know better the onus is on us to do better... #forgottenkingdoms #history #Ubuntu #Africa #blackhistory #kingdomofbenin #Africa #Ancient #Lostkingdoms #blackhistory #Africahistory #kingdomofaskum #ezana #kings #Ethiopia #Nubia #AncientEgypt #ancientgreece #bantu https://www.instagram.com/p/B2QgU-RlEPp/?igshid=rg68t991x4ds

The Kingdom of Benin, located in the southern forests of West Africa (modern Nigeria) and formed by the Edo people, flourished from the 13th to 19th century CE. The capital, also called Benin, was the hub of a trade network exclusively controlled by the king or oba and which included relations with Portuguese traders who sought gold and slaves. Benin went into decline during the 18th century CE as the kingdom was racked by civil wars, and it was ultimately conquered by the British in 1897 CE. Today, the kingdom is perhaps best known for its impressive brass sculptures and plaques which frequently depict rulers and their family; they are considered amongst the finest artworks ever produced in Africa. #kingdomofbenin #benin #Nigeria #Africa #Ancient #Lostkingdoms #blackhistory #Africahistory https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PeUlZl8tl/?igshid=1vykrrsmpij9p

Yasuke, as he was called, is believed to have been born in Mozambique around 1555. He served as a slave under the Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. The presence of the black man who was taller than the regular Japanese and believed to have the strength of ten men caused a stir and gave Yasuke an audience with the Japanese hegemon and warlord Oda Nobunaga.The archives of the Japanese Maeda Samurai clan noted that “the black man was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana [Samurai sword] by Nobunaga he was also assigned the duty of weapon bearer. In 1582, Yasuke fought alongside the Nobunaga-led forces in the tribal battle called Battle of Tenmokuzan. Nobunaga was attacked and he was forced to commit seppuku [Japanese ritual suicide]. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxL8CXCh4oR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ofu3tm0l6w52

Yasuke, as he was called, is believed to have been born in Mozambique around 1555. He served as a slave under the Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. The presence of the black man who was taller than the regular Japanese and believed to have the strength of ten men caused a stir and gave Yasuke an audience with the Japanese hegemon and warlord Oda Nobunaga.The archives of the Japanese Maeda Samurai clan noted that “the black man was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana [Samurai sword] by Nobunaga he was also assigned the duty of weapon bearer. In 1582, Yasuke fought alongside the Nobunaga-led forces in the tribal battle called Battle of Tenmokuzan. Nobunaga was attacked and he was forced to commit seppuku [Japanese ritual suicide]. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxL8CXCh4oR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nhwzn0geae0f

Yasuke, as he was called, is believed to have been born in Mozambique around 1555. He served as a slave under the Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. The presence of the black man who was taller than the regular Japanese and believed to have the strength of ten men caused a stir and gave Yasuke an audience with the Japanese hegemon and warlord Oda Nobunaga.The archives of the Japanese Maeda Samurai clan noted that “the black man was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana [Samurai sword] by Nobunaga he was also assigned the duty of weapon bearer. In 1582, Yasuke fought alongside the Nobunaga-led forces in the tribal battle called Battle of Tenmokuzan. Nobunaga was attacked and he was forced to commit seppuku [Japanese ritual suicide]. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxL8CXCh4oR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kw8j03lhvze6

In Greek mythology, Memnon (Greek: Mέμνων) was an Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos. As a warrior he was considered to be almost Achilles' equal in skill. At the Trojan War, he brought an army to Troy's defense and was killed by Achilles in retribution for killing Antilochus. The death of Memnon echoes that of Hector, another defender of Troy whom Achilles also killed out of revenge for a fallen comrade, Patroclus. After Memnon's death, Zeus was moved by Eos' tears and granted her immortality. Memnon's death is related at length in the lost epic Aethiopis, composed after The Iliad circa the 7th century BC. #forgottenkingdoms #history #Ubuntu #troy #Africa #ancientgreece #blackhistory #greekmythology https://www.instagram.com/p/BwmpVzShP4e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ygzunqzzwiua

The Dahomey Amazons or Mino, which means "our mothers," were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the present-day Republic of Benin which lasted until the end of the 19th century. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the mythical Amazons of ancient Anatolia and the Black Sea. King Houegbadja (who ruled from 1645 to 1685), the third King of Dahomey, is said to have originally started the group which would become the Amazons as a corps of elephant hunters called the gbeto. #forgottenkingdoms #history #dahomey #dahomeyamazons #Ubuntu #Africa #rome ##blackhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/BwmjIMyBd_S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bsgb7nfnigiy

Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from April 193 to February 211 CE. He was of Libyan descent from Lepcis Magna and came from a locally prominent Punicfamily who had a history of rising to senatorial as well as consular status His first visit to Rome was around 163 CE during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. He was protected by his cousin Caius Septimius Severus and entered the Roman Senate in 170 CE. When his cousin went to Africa as a proconsul around 173-174 CE, he chose L. Septimius Severus to be his legatus. L. Septimius married Paccia Marciana around 175 CE who had Punic origins like him; however, she died ten years later. When he was governor of Gaul and he lived in Lugdunum (Lyon), he married Julia Domna from Emesa (Syria) around 187 CE. She was descended from a family of great priests of Eliogabal. #forgottenkingdoms #history #septimusserverus #Ubuntu #romanempire #Africa #rome #emperor https://www.instagram.com/p/BwmXZtaBdel/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3kwn8clba2v9