Wonders of Africa
Africa is the continent where the human history began. It is also the second largest
continent of the world with 30,272,922 square kilometers. It is surrounded by the
Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, the Atlantic
Ocean to the west and the Suez Canal to the northeast. There are human vestiges
of agriculture and cattle in Africa that dates from 6000 BC. Some of the most ancient
examples of plants domestication were founded in both, Ethiopia and Western Africa.
Generally, the climate of Africa varies from tropical to sub-arctic on its highest
peaks; including the desert in the northern half, while it is able to find both
savanna plains and dense jungle regions in the central and southern areas. For this
reason, Africa has the privilege to refuge the largest combination of density, wild
animal populations and diversity including carnivores, herbivores, jungle creatures
and aquatic life.
It is estimate there are over a thousand, and even over two thousand languages
in Africa, most of them are of African origin, however some are
also of European or Asian origin. This influence have become Africa in the most multilingual continent
in the world, so that, it is not rare to find most of the individuals speak fluently
multiple languages. Cheap Sharm El Sheikh holidays
Some of the oldest civilizations of Africa were Egypt and Phoenicia. Later, the north
of Africa was occupied by the Roman Empire and after by the Arabian Islamic Caliphate.
In the XIX century most territories of Africa were invaded
by the colonial armies from the most powerful European countries like England, France,
Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium. However, nowadays Africa has 910 844 133 inhabitants,
53 countries, and it is the poorest and most underdeveloped continent; but
it is also a continent that hides amazing treasures and cultures.
From Egypt to South
Africa, you can find an endless number of impressive natural sites and monuments, including
beautiful mountains, exuberant wild life in natural reserves, amazing
water falls and much more. Unfortunately for long time, and until now, most African marvels were
hidden because of either ravages of time, nature or repressive governments.
Join us to know more about the wonders of this exceptional continent!
Wonders of Africa in interactive map