Architecture
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c. 2560 BCE
Great Pyramid of Giza Completed
The Great Pyramid of Giza, built under the direction of African laborers and engineers, was completed during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu.
c. 2650 BCE
Imhotep Designs the Step Pyramid
Imhotep, an African polymath, designed the Step Pyramid at Saqqara—the world's first monumental stone structure—and was later deified as a god of medicine.
c. 1200 CE
Great Zimbabwe at Its Peak
The city of Great Zimbabwe reached its height as the capital of a thriving trading empire, with stone structures that still stand today.