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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      
c. 1480
 
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An increase in trade through the central Sahara benefits the Songhay, with their capital at Gao, at the expense of Mali       
1483
 
  
The Portuguese establish a further presence on the west coast of Africa, at the mouth of the Congo river     
c. 1850
 
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The Scottish missionary David Livingstone is profoundly shocked by what he sees of the slave trade at the heart of Africa       
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1874
 
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Stanley sets off from Bagamoyo, intending to resume the exploration of central Africa where Livingstone left off        
1876
 
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Stanley passes Nyangwe on the Lualaba, the furthest point down the Congo river system reached by Livingstone        
1877
 
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Stanley completes his exploration of the Congo, reaching the Atlantic coast at Boma after a three-year journey      
1880
 
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French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza forestalls Stanley in opening up the Congo, reaching Stanley Pool ahead of him        
1881
 
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Stanley finds Brazza's French tricolor already flying on the north bank of the Congo, on the site of what later becomes Brazzaville