True/false questions
the greeks were the first to conquest egypt.
herodotus regarded the egyptians as the cleanest, most religious and most 'civilized’ of peoples.
the romans gave africa two important names ethiopia and libya.
the name ‘africa’ came from the phoenicians.
the berber christians easily accepted the official roman church around 354-430.
around 300 ad, the original sabaean settlers had introduced the concept of building in stone and this was a tradition which the aksumites developed.
by 640 ad the arab army had conquered the 'fertile crescent' and swept into the fertile delta region of the lower nile.
during the fifth century, the camel had become the major form of transport in the sahara desert.
historically the west african sahel is sometimes referred to as the western sudan and its black negroid inhabitants as sudanese.
the name comes from al-sudan, the arabic word for 'the black peoples' of tropical africa.