Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. African (general, continental cultures)

Narrower term/s

• Ancient Central African[+]
  • Kongo Kingdom
  • Kuba Kingdom
  • Luba-Lunda Kingdoms [+]
    • Luba Empire
    • Lunda Empire
• ancient East African[+]
  • Aksumite
  • Ingombe Ilede
  • Nubian (culture or style) [+]
    • Kerma [+]
      • Kerma periods [+]
    • Kushite [+]
      • Kushite periods [+]
    • Qadan
    • Nubian painting styles [+]
      • Christian Nubian painting styles [+]
  • Songa Mnara
  • Zanj (ancient East African style)
  • Azanian [+]
    • Kilwa
    • Lamu
    • Mombasa
  • ancient East African pottery styles [+]
    • Urewe (pottery style)
    • Nderit (pottery style)
    • Tana (pottery style)
    • Kansyore (pottery style)
    • Kwale (pottery style)
  • Khartoum Neolithic
  • Khartoum Mesolithic
• Ancient North African[+]
  • Darfur [+]
    • Jebel Uri
  • Numidian
  • Cyrenaican [NP]
  • Egyptian (ancient) [NP] [+]
    • Egyptian periods [+]
      • Predynastic [+]
      • Early Dynastic (Egyptian) [+]
      • Old Kingdom (Egyptian) [+]
      • First Intermediate period (Egyptian) [+]
      • Middle Kingdom (Egyptian) [+]
      • Second Intermediate period (Egyptian) [+]
      • New Kingdom (Egyptian) [+]
      • Third Intermediate period (Egyptian) [+]
      • Late Period (Egyptian) [+]
      • Egyptian Paleolithic [+]
    • Ptolemaic
    • Coptic (culture or style)
    • Egyptian pottery styles [+]
      • black-mouthed
      • black-topped [+]
      • Hadra
      • orange-burnished (pottery style)
      • red-polished (Egyptian pottery style)
      • ripple-burnished
      • white cross-lined
    • Romano-Egyptian
    • Heracleopolitan
    • Greco-Egyptian
  • Blemmyes
  • African (Roman province)
  • Carthaginian (Ancient North African style)
• Ancient Southern African[+]
  • Karanga (culture or style) [+]
    • Karanga periods [+]
      • Pre-Monomotapa
      • Monomotapa
      • Mambo
  • Mapungubwe
  • Mtoko
  • Rozwi [+]
    • Dhlo Dhlo
    • Khami (culture or style)
    • Naletali
    • Regina
    • Thabas-zi-ka-Mambo
  • Van Niekirk Ruins
  • ancient Southern African pottery styles [+]
    • channeled (pottery style)
    • stamp-decorated
    • Bambata
  • Lydenburg
• Ancient West African[+]
  • Dawu
  • Ghana Kingdom [+]
    • Koumbi Saleh
  • Kanem-Bornu
  • Kong (ancient West African style)
  • Mali Kingdom [+]
    • ancient Inland Niger Delta styles [+]
      • Jenne
      • Mopti
      • Niani
    • Sankore
    • Tellem
    • Timbuktu
  • Sao Empire (culture or period)
  • Kintampo
  • Songhai Empire [+]
    • Gaô
  • Gonja Kingdom
  • [ancient Nigerian styles and periods] [+]
    • Benin (ancient Nigerian style) [+]
      • Early Benin
      • Middle Benin
      • Late Benin
    • Daima
    • Eshure
    • Esie
    • Ife (ancient Nigerian style) [+]
      • Classical Ife
      • Postclassical Ife
    • Igbo-Ukwu [+]
      • Igbo Isaiah
      • Igbo Jonah
      • Igbo Richard [+]
    • Tsoede [+]
      • Jebba
      • Tada
    • Lower Niger [+]
      • Niger Delta region [NP] [+]
    • Nok (culture or style) [+]
      • Taruga
    • Old Oyo
    • Owo [+]
      • Igbo Laja
  • Dahomey

Anotations

Scope note:

Cultures and styles of Africa in ancient times.