User:Shaokahn/Timeline of African countries

This table is under construction.

This timeline lists all African sovereign nations, both current and defunct, of the second and third millennia. Vassal states, unrecognized states or states with limited recognition throughout history are generally not included unless they evolved at some point into a sovereign state. Territorial changes that don't consume whole nations or produce new ones are not considered.

Current Sovereign States / Decades	before	1000					1010					1020					1030					1040					1050					1060					1070					1080					1090					1100					1110					1120					1130					1140					1150					1160					1170					1180					1190					1200					1210					1220					1230					1240					1250					1260					1270					1280					1290					1300					1310					1320					1330					1340					1350					1360					1370					1380					1390					1400					1410					1420					1430					1440					1450					1460					1470					1480					1490					1500					1510					1520					1530					1540					1550					1560					1570					1580					1590					1600					1610					1620					1630					1640					1650					1660					1670					1680					1690					1700					1710					1720					1730					1740					1750					1760					1770					1780					1790					1800					1810					1820					1830					1840					1850					1860					1870					1880					1890					1900					1910					1920					1930					1940					1950					1960					1970					1980					1990					2000					2010					Decades / Current Sovereign States
Morocco	974 Fatimid Caliphate																											1040 Almoravid dynasty																																																1147 Almohad Caliphate																																																									1261 Marinid Dynasty																																																																1465 Wattasid Dynasty																																												1554 Saadi Dynasty																																																						1659 Alaouite Dynasty																																																																1912 French Protectorate in Morocco																						1956 Kingdom of Morocco																																Kingdom of Morocco
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Algeria
Tunisia	973 Zirid Dynasty																																																																1160 Almohad Caliphate																																																							1270 Hafsid Dynasty																																																																1574 Ottoman Tunisia																																																																1705 Beylik of Tunis																																																																1881 French protectorate of Tunisia																																						1956 Kingdom of Tunisia	1957 Republic of Tunisia																														Republic of Tunisia
Libya
Egypt	909 Fatimid Caliphate																																																																1171 Ayyubid Dynasty																																								1250 Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)																																																																1517 Ottoman Empire																																																																1798 French campaign in Egypt and Syria		1801 Khedivate of Egypt																																																								1914 Sultanate of Egypt				1922 Kingdom of Egypt															1953 Republic of Egypt			1958 United Arab Republic		1961 Arab Republic of Egypt																														Arab Republic of Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia	900 Zagwe Dynasty																																																																1270 Ethiopian Empire																																																																1936 Italian East Africa			1941 Ethiopian Empire																1974 Derg							1987 People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia		1991 Transitional Government of Ethiopia		1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia													Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somalia
Djibouti
Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Central African Republic
Chad
Madagascar
Comoros
Mauritius
Seychelles
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Rwanda
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cameroon
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Ghana
Togo
Liberia
Mauritania
Senegal
Mali
Niger
Burkina Faso
Cote d'Ivoire
Benin
Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Angola
Cape Verde
Sao Tome and Principe
Botswana
South Africa
Namibia
Swaziland
Lesotho
Current Sovereign States / Decades	before
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Empires are highlighted by color:
	Kingdom of England, Commonwealth of England, The Protectorate, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
	Habsburg Spain, Spanish Empire, Spain
	Kingdom of France, French Empire, France
	Dutch Republic, Dutch Empire, Batavian Republic, Kingdom of Holland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands
	Ayyubid Sultanate, Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)
	Byzantine Empire
	Ottoman Empire, Turkey
	Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese Empire, Portugal
	Great Seljuq Empire, Khwarezmian Empire, Timurid Empire, Safavid dynasty, Afsharid dynasty, Zand dynasty, Qajar dynasty, Pahlavi dynasty, Iran