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-Second-wave era kingdom of East Africa, in present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia; flourished from 100 to 600 C·E·.

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The Kingdom of Axum is the second-wave era kingdom of East Africa, in present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia; it flourished from 100 to 600 C·E·.

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 Meroë was a city in ancient Nubia, located in present-day Sudan, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush. It was also a prominent center of ironworking and trade from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE.

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 The Maya civilization refers to the pre-Columbian civilization that thrived in parts of present-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras from about 2000 BCE until the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.

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 The Bantu expansion refers to the spread of Bantu-speaking peoples from their homeland in present-day Cameroon and Nigeria to most of sub-Saharan Africa, starting around 1000 BCE and continuing for several millennia.

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 The Mound Builders were ancient North American cultures that built earthen mounds for various purposes, including religious, residential, and burial structures. They lived in the eastern and midwestern United States from around 2000 BCE until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century.

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