This question is both hard and confusing because most people who don’t live in Africa know some to no history of Africa. In my opinion the Kingdom of Mali was the most powerful in history because they used Iron weapons before Europe began to use them; however, the kingdom of Mali did not come to power until around the 600’s and later. read more
The most powerful of these states was the Songhai Empire, which expanded rapidly beginning with king Sonni Ali in the 1460s. By 1500, it had risen to stretch from Cameroon to the Maghreb, the largest state in African history. read more
The Persian Empire was the first empire to connect multiple world regions, including the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, India, Europe, and the Mediterranean world. It jumpstarted the concept of empires in places like Greece and India. read more