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Geography of Africa. Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth 's surface. [1] Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 (11,725,385 sq mi), excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Kilimanjaro; its ...
Massylii. The Massylii or Maesulians ( Neo-Punic: 𐤌𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤉𐤌, MŠLYYM [1]) were a Berber [2] [3] federation in eastern Numidia (central and eastern Algeria ), [4] which was formed by an amalgamation of smaller tribes during the 4th century BC. [5] They were ruled by a king. On their loosely defined western frontier were the ...
Earliest European maps. The earliest cartographic depictions of Africa are found in early world maps . In classical antiquity, Africa (also Libya) was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps . The only part of Africa well known in antiquity was the coast ...
North African campaign. The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers. It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts ( Western Desert campaign, Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria ( Operation Torch ), and in Tunisia ( Tunisia ...
English: Combined map of Africa showing physical, political and population characteristics, in Mercator projection, with legend, as per 2018. Included are insets of the most populous parts of Africa: Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa. Compiled using QGIS and CC-0 Natural Earth geodata.
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Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of Africa. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.