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Central Africa timeline
c. 5000 BC
The Sahara, damp enough for the hippopotamus, supports neolithic communities until it begins to dry up in about 3000 BC
c. 2000 BC
Bantu-speaking tribes begin to spread through Africa, from their original homelands south of the Sahara
c. 2000 BC
Africa south of the equatorial forests is largely inhabited by the Khoisan, of whom the San and the Hottentots are the modern survivors
c. 1000
The salt mines of the Sahara provide a staple commodity in the African caravan trade
c. 1050
Islam reaches Kanem-Bornu, a joint kingdom encompassing the eastern and western shores of Lake Chad
1483
The Portuguese establish a further presence on the west coast of Africa, at the mouth of the Congo river
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