which european country built the first castle in ghana?
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A mere eleven years after their first contact, the Portuguese built St. George's Castle, commonly called Elmina Castle, in 1482. This vast rectangular 97,000sq ft fortification is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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['Morocco - 1912, to France.', 'Libya - 1911, to Italy.', 'Fulani Empire - 1903, to France and the United Kingdom.', 'Swaziland - 1902, to the United Kingdom.', 'Ashanti Confederacy - 1900, to the United Kingdom.', 'Burundi - 1899, to Germany.', 'Kingdom of Benin - 1897, to the United Kingdom.']
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The Spanish took the first African captives to the Americas from Europe as early as 1503, and by 1518 the first captives were shipped directly from Africa to America.
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Orford Castle was a royal castle built by King Henry II of England, between 1165 and 1173, because he wanted to re-establish royal influence across the region. Before that time the area had been under control by the Bigod family who resided in nearby Framlingham Castle.
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Kevin Okyere was born in 1980 to an affluent family in Ghana's gold-rich Ashanti region. His father had built a substantial fortune in construction, steel manufacturing and large-scale cocoa farming, before he was enstooled as a traditional chief. Okyere displayed entrepreneurial promise at a very young age.
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Gambia is the smallest country in West Africa in terms of area. Turkey was the first country to recognize Gambia when it gained its independence from Britain in 1965 after being colonized for 400 years.
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The Kumasi City Mall is a shopping mall located in Kumasi, Ghana. It is the first of its kind in the city. The Kumasi City Mall cost $95 million and took 24 months to complete. The mall is one of the biggest malls in West Africa.
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Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia) As you have already learned, Ethiopia along with Liberia, were the only African countries that were not colonized by Europeans. It was not that European powers were not interested in colonizing Ethiopia-they were!
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The earliest civil engineer known by name is Imhotep. As one of the officials of the Pharaoh, Djosèr, he probably designed and supervised the construction of the Pyramid of Djoser (the Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630–2611 BC. Ancient Greece developed machines in both civilian and military domains.
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The Flemish Giant originated in Flanders. It was bred as early as the 16th century near the city of Ghent, Belgium.
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Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson or Leif Ericson ( c. 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He is thought to be the first known European to have set foot on continental North America (excluding Greenland), approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
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In Europe, the main countries in the trade were England, France, Spain and Portugal. West Africa was involved in the slave trade which went to The Caribbean, Brazil, Peru and South-Eastern US.
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The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive. By 1471, they had reached the area that was to become known as the Gold Coast. The Gold Coast was so-named because it was an important source of gold.
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European contact with the Asante on the Gulf of Guinea coast region of Africa began in the 15th century. This led to trade in gold, ivory, slaves, and other goods with the Portuguese, which gave rise to kingdoms such as the Ashanti.
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['Abidjan, Ivory Coast.', 'Accra, Ghana.', 'Bamako, Mali.', 'Banjul, The Gambia.', 'Conakry, Guinea.', 'Cotonou, Benin.', 'Dakar, Senegal.', 'Freetown, Sierra Leone.']
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The history of Nigeria can be traced to settlers trading across the middle East and Africa as early as 1100 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, the Benin Empire, and the Oyo Empire.
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