The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-07-28

Aha-Mena began the first three
Egyptian Empires which lasted
over two thousand years. The
empire was finally divided between
Egypt and Ethiopia. The great
sphinx at Gizeh, so familiar to all
the world, the sphinxes of Tanis,
the statue from the Fayum, the
statue of the Esquiline at Rome
and the Colossi of Bubastis are
all full blood Africans. The mid
die empire arose 1904 B. c. and
lasted "a centuries under black
Pharaohs. Among the Pharoahs
were Amenehat / and II and User
tesen and III, then followed by
Pharaoh, Ra-Nehesi; after the
reign of Ra-Nehesi was Ahames.
Then came Queen Nefertari, the
most beautiful figure of Egyptian
history, beautiful, a strong per-
sonality and of unusual admins
trative force. She was for many
years joint ruler with her son,
Amenhotep I who succeeded his
father, Tahutmes III, an Ethiop-
ian. He was one of the greatest
and most eventful in Egyptian
history. Queen Hatshepsut was
descendent of Phut.
In ancient days the Ethiopians
were recognized as the most beau
tiful, the blacklist, and the far
thest removed of all mankind.
From 1000 to $50 B. C. the Afri-
cans in central Africa were very
successful. Merchants and traders
the world has never produced any
better. There were wealthy cities
in the central part of Africa, built
up by men of unlimited ability,
courage and foresight. These AZ
ricans had Furnishing markets in
the interior, and established trade
route leading to Asia and Europe
Evidence of such commercial de-
velopment is still visible today,
and especially in the City of Kano.
With this wealth and intellectual
power the Africans reached high
degree of political Importance in
Africa. 1t was a black man that
piloted the Balboas ship to the Pa
cific coast. Nuflo de Olano, black
man, planted and raised the first
wheat in America. In the early
part Of the 18th century, about
1915, a settlement of Africans
were living at San-Niguel de Gu
sldape, near the present site of
Jamestown, Virginia. The early
Africans as groups of families
made up the tribe under the chief
who, with the assistance of coun-
Gil of elderly men served his peo-
pie as lawgiver, judge. military
leader, and king. Many ambitious
chiefs developed their possessions
into large kingdoms and empires.
This was the result of the rise of
Ghana, Kumbi, Manding, Nossi,
and the Songhay Empire, follow
ing the golden age of Ethiopia
which at one time included part of
Egypt. All of these kingdoms had
great rulers who developed and or
ganized them. Songhay had three
well connected dynastys, several
members of which attained inter-
national renown. The Empire un-
der Sonni Ali, passed through a
period of conquest like that of
Rome. In city state centers like
Timbuctoo, Hausa, JENNIE, Ashanti,
and Kano, in the lake region where
the people were not supposedly far
advanced, the Africans learned
first the use of iron and thus gave
the world one of the greatest boons
in history. Iron enabled the Afri-
cans to become the greatest metal
workers in the world.
The Africans developed the fine
arts of painting and sculpturing.
BY the commercial intercourse this
made possible African art. 1t in
fluenced that of Greece which was
taken up by Rome and passed on
to the modern nations.
The greatest demonstrations Of
the ability of the Maroons was the