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  Central Africa timeline
     
c. 5000 BC
 
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The Sahara, damp enough for the hippopotamus, supports neolithic communities until it begins to dry up in about 3000 BC     
c. 2000 BC
 
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Bantu-speaking tribes begin to spread through Africa, from their original homelands south of the Sahara      
c. 2000 BC
 
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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
 
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The salt mines of the Sahara provide a staple commodity in the African caravan trade     
c. 1050
 
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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