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africans were spared of the mongols as well, and yet...
For sub-Saharan Africans, their equivalent of the Mongols is either the Bantu or Europeans, or both.
After the slow drip feed expansion of the Bantus, but before the sudden colonisation of Europe, many African societies were doing well in their own right. Timbuktu was a literal gold mine and the centre of learning. There was also the Great Zimbabwe, the ruins of buildings so great and impressive that 19th century European archaeologists initially could not believe Africans built them. West Africa had been flourishing trading hubs for early European explorers and traders.
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