Name: Lost Kingdoms Of Africa (Season 2)
Uploaded: 2012
Description: This stunning and thought-provoking series will reveal the extraordinary story of Africa’s ancient civilizations.

This stunning and thought-provoking series will reveal the extraordinary story of Africa’s ancient civilizations.

The Kingdom of Asante once reigned supreme in West Africa. It was a kingdom that became an empire. It played a pivotal role in commerce that linked three continents, and it was built on slaves and gold.

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The Kingdom of Asante once reigned supreme in West Africa. It was a kingdom that became an empire.

The Kingdom of Asante

On the 22nd of January 1879, the British Army suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in its history. In just over three hours, over twelve hundred British troops, armed with state-of-the-art weapons, were annihilated by an African army equipped only with spears and shields.

On the 22nd of January 1879, the British Army suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in its history.

The Zulu Kingdom

It's easy to think of Islamic North Africa as Arab, rather than African. But the land that is now Morocco once lay at the center of the vast African Kingdom that stretched from northern Spain to the heart of West Africa.

It's easy to think of Islamic North Africa as Arab, rather than African. But the land that is now Morocco once lay at the center of the vast African Kingdom.

The Berber Kingdom of Morocco

For centuries, the interior of East Africa was unknown to the outside world. That changed in the 1860s, thanks to a geographical puzzle that had obsessed Europeans for decades.

The interior of East Africa was unknown to the outside world. That changed in the 1860s, thanks to a geographical puzzle that had obsessed Europeans for decades.