ancient egypt was responsible for spreading agriculture and iron smelting in sub saharan africa.
ancient egypt was responsible for spreading agriculture and iron smelting in sub saharan africa.
who is responsible for spreading agriculture and iron smelting in sub saharan africa?
ancient egypt
bullet::::- breton mythology









































bullet::::- cornish mythology









































bullet::::- welsh mythology









































bullet::::- irish mythology









































bullet::::- manx mythology









































bullet::::- scottish mythology









































bullet::::- english mythology









































bullet::::- french mythology









































bullet::::- spanish mythology









































bullet::::- basque mythology









































bullet::::- cantabrian mythology









































bullet::::- catalan mythology









































bullet::::- portuguese mythology









































bullet::::- lusitanian mythology









































section::::mythologies by region.:sub-saharan africa.









































section::::mythologies by region.:sub-saharan africa.:central africa.









































bullet::::- bantu mythology









































bullet::::- bushongo mythology









































bullet::::- baluba mythology









































bullet::::- lugbara mythology









































bullet::::- mbuti mythology









































section::::mythologies by region.:sub-saharan africa.:east africa.









































bullet::::- dinka mythology









































bullet::::- lotuko mythology









































bullet::::- maasai mythology









































bullet::::- somali mythology









































section::::mythologies by region.:sub-saharan africa.:west africa.









































bullet::::- akan mythology









































bullet::::- dahomean mythology









































bullet::::- efik mythology









































bullet::::- igbo mythology
list of mythologies
although the origins of iron working in africa have been the subject of scholarly interest since the 1860s, it is still not known whether this technology diffused into sub-saharan africa from the mediterranean region, or whether it was invented there quite independently of iron working elsewhere. although some nineteenth-century european scholars favored an indigenous invention of iron working in sub-saharan africa, archaeologists writing between 1945 and 1965 mostly favored diffusion of iron smelting technology from carthage across the sahara to west africa, or from meroe on the upper nile to central africa, or both. the invention of radiocarbon dating in the late 1950s made it possible to date metallurgical sites in sub-saharan africa (since the fuel used for smelting and forging was always charcoal) and by the late 1960s some surprisingly early radiocarbon dates had been obtained for iron smelting sites in both nigeria and central africa (rwanda, burundi). this led some scholars to state that iron was independently invented in sub-saharan africa the same findings weakened the diffusion hypothesis (at least for those sites in sub-saharan africa for which such early dates had been obtained), as there was no firm evidence at that time for the antiquity of ironworking in either carthage or meroe. evidence of early phoenician iron smelting in the western mediterranean (900–800 bc) was not found until the 1990s and it is still not known when iron working was first practiced in kush and meroe in modern sudan.
iron metallurgy in africa