Countries in medieval Africa

third Islamic caliphate (750–1258)

empire in West Africa from c.1230 to 1670

first caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (632–661)

trading nation in the area of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia

West African empire based in modern-day Mauritania and Mali (c. 200–c. 1200s)

Muslim Berber dynasty (1244–1465)

former African kingdom located in west central Africa

thumb|214x214px|Ifriqiya during the Zirid dynasty c.1000CE Ifriqiya () was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia, eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (roughly western Libya), particularly the region between the sea and the edges of the Sahara. It included all of what had previously been the Byzantine province of Africa Proconsularis and extended beyond it, but did not include the Mauretanias.

West African kingdom (1180–1897)

former imperial state

Makuria (Old Nubian: , Dotawo; ; ) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Its capital was Dongola (Old Nubian: , Touggoul) in the fertile Dongola Reach, about halfway between the 3rd and 4th Nile cataract.

Ruling dynasty of Morocco (1472-1554)

Alodia, also known as Alwa (Greek: Ἀρούα, Aroua; , ʿAlwa), was a medieval kingdom in what is now central Sudan. Its capital was the city of Soba, located near modern-day Khartoum at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers.

former country in Africa

former country

Amazigh (Berber) dynasty that ruled Kingdom of Tlemcen

former country

number of historical kingdoms in modern-day Burkina Faso

Takrur, Tekrur or Tekrour ( 500 – c. 1456) was a state based in the Senegal River in modern-day Senegal which was at its height in the 11th and 12th centuries, roughly parallel to the Ghana Empire. It lasted in some form into the 18th century.

The Kingdom of Gobir (Demonym: Gobirawa) was a Hausa kingdom in what is now northern Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the 12th century, Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, and continued under Hausa rule for nearly 700 years. Its capital was the city of Alkalawa. In the early 19th century elements of the ruling dynasty fled north to what is today Niger from which a rival dynasty developed ruling as Sarkin Gobir ("King of Gobir") at Tibiri. In 1975 a reunited traditional sultanate took up residence in Sabon Birni, Nigeria.

Zayyanid kingdom

African kingdoms

emirate centered in the Rif area of present-day Morocco (710-1019)

Kakongo was a small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, in the modern-day Republic of the Congo and Cabinda Province, Angola. In the 13th century, it formed part of a confederation led by Vungu. Along with its neighboring kingdoms of Ngoyo and Loango, Kakongo became an important political commercial center during the 17th through 19th centuries. The people speak a dialect of the Kikongo language and thus may be considered a part of the Bakongo ethnicity. Kakongo was a vassal of the Kingdom of Kongo for a part of its history.

1075–1220) pre-colonial state in Southern Africa located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers, south of Great Zimbabwe

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal and parts of Gambia. The precolonial capital was the city of Kahone. Re-established in 2017, Saloum is now a non-sovereign traditional monarchy within Senegal. Its history, geography and culture is intricately linked with the sister state, the Kingdom of Sine, and it is common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum or the Serer Kingdoms.

former North African sultanate (1414-1881)

former country

Fante state in pre-colonial Ghana

native kingdom of Gambia

former country

kingdom in modern-day Cameroon

medieval monarchy that existed in Darfur (Sudan)

rump survival of the earlier empire from the 16th to the 19th centuries

archaeological site in Téra Department, Niger