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By c. 1750, Africa stood at the center of three major slave-trading systems, the transatlantic, trans-Saharan, and Indian Ocean trades, each connecting African societies to wider global economies. These networks operated simultaneously but...

The Narmer Palette, Egypt, c. 3100 BCE. The inscribed slab depicts a king identified as Narmer conquering his enemies and subjugating the land. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

A detail from the throne of Tutankhamun which shows the pharaoh with his wife Ankhsenamun on the right. c. 1327 BCE. National Museum, Cairo.

Tondo of the Two Brothers, mummy portrait of two men from Fayum, Egypt, 2nd century CE. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Although traditionally assumed to be brothers, recent scholarship has suggested that they may have in fact been lovers.

An illustration of the layout and relationships of various architectural and geographical elements on the Giza plateau in the region of Memphis (around modern Cairo) during the Old Kingdom of Egypt ("The Age of the Pyramids"). The image also...

The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. The mask is made of gold, precious stones, and glass inlay, 14th century BCE. Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo.

A detail from the Narmer Palette, Egypt, c. 3100 BCE. The inscribed slab depicts a king identified as Narmer conquering his enemies and subjugating the land. (Egyptian Museum, Cairo)

A game box and pieces for playing the game of senet, found within the intact KV62 tomb of King Tutankhamun, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom of Egypt. Cairo Museum of Egypt. Photo taken at King Tut Exhibit, Seattle, 2012.

Stone representation of the awakening of Osiris, A 26th Dynasty, Egypt. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

A wooden bust of Tutankhamun (1345-1327 BCE), found in the pharaoh's tomb. Cairo Museum, Egypt.