Neolithic Africa (beyond the Nile)

Elmenteitan pendant

Elmenteitan grinding stone and pestles

Pottery bowl fragments, Early Neolithic Egypt, Nabta, BCE, British Museum EA76916 EA769046 EA76941 EA76943 EA76944

Nabta Playa. Black rimmed pottery. Late Neolithic, BCE. British Museum

Pottery, bifacial flint blades, grinding stone. Nabta Playa, Middle Neolithic, BCE. British Museum

Nabta Playa. Pottery, ground stone axe, arrowheads, flint knife. Late Neolithic, BCE. British Museum

WadiSuraAnimal

WadiSuraHandHumans

Tassili art

Tassili ladies

Period Link	Prehistory	Prehistory	Prehistory	Prehistory	Ancient History	Ancient History	Ancient History	Medieval History	Medieval History	Medieval History
Start Year	2,500,000 BC	10,000 BC	8,000 BC	4,500 BC	3,000 BC	1,200 BC	500 BC	500 AD	1000 AD	1300 AD
End Year	10,000 BC	8,000 BC	4,500 BC	3,000 BC	1,200 BC	500 BC	500 AD	1000 AD	1300 AD	1500 AD
Africa (beyond the Nile)	Paleolithic Africa (beyond the Nile)	Mesolithic Africa (beyond the Nile)	Neolithic Africa (beyond the Nile)	Chalcolithic Africa (beyond the Nile)	Africa Beyond the Nile (Saharan–Sahelian–Sub-Saharan) Bronze Age	Africa Beyond the Nile (Sub-Saharan) Iron Age	Africa beyond the Nile in Antiquity	Early Medieval Africa (beyond the Nile)	High Medieval Africa (beyond the Nile)	Late Medieval Africa (beyond the Nile)

Period Link	Early Modern History	Early Modern History	Early Modern History	Modern History	Modern History	Modern History	Contemporary History	Contemporary History	Contemporary History
Start Year	1500 AD	1600 AD	1700 AD	1800 AD	1870 AD	1914 AD	1945 AD	1985 AD	2026 AD
End Year	1600 AD	1700 AD	1800 AD	1870 AD	1914 AD	1945 AD	1985 AD	2025 AD	2065 AD
Africa (beyond the Nile)	Renaissance and Reformation Africa (beyond the Nile)	Scientific Revolution and State Formation Africa (beyond the Nile)	Enlightenment and Proto-Industrial Africa (beyond the Nile)	Industrial Era Africa (beyond the Nile)	Long 19th Century Africa (beyond the Nile)	World War Era Africa (beyond the Nile)	Cold War Era Africa (beyond the Nile)	Allisonian Era Africa (beyond the Nile)	Deasy Era Africa (beyond the Nile)