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| c. 1600 |
| | The Yoruba develop an extensive empire centred on Oyo in southern Nigeria | |
| | Beaded crown of a Yoruba ruler Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
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| 1609 |
| | A law is passed expelling the Moriscos from Spain, with the result that some 300,000 are shipped to north Africa | |
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| c. 1625 |
| | Three brothers among the Dahomey people establish a long-lasting kingdom in the Bight of Benin | |
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| 1638 |
| | The French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa | |
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| 1652 |
| | Jan van Riebeeck establishes a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope | |
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| 1657 |
| | The Dutch in South Africa purchase slaves to do domestic and agricultural work | |
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| 1661 |
| | The British establish Fort James on an island in the Gambia river | |
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| 1698 |
| | A fleet from Oman evicts the Portuguese from Mombasa and Zanzibar | |
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| c. 1770 |
| | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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| c. 1775 |
| | Dutch nomads, pressing far north from Cape Town, become known as the Trekboers | |
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