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Empires of Africa

Name an empire that existed in Africa. Hopdown accepts 173 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• British EmpireExtremely common
• Mali EmpireExtremely common
• Songhai EmpireCommon
• French Colonial EmpireUncommon
• Kanem-Bornu EmpireUncommon
• Ottoman EmpireUncommon
• German Colonial EmpireUncommon
• Almoravid EmpireUncommon
• Zulu EmpireUncommon
• Portuguese EmpireUncommon
• Ptolemaic KingdomUncommon
• AxumUncommon
• Ashanti EmpireUncommon
• Ethiopian EmpireUncommon
• DahomeyUncommon

Rare answers

• Alaouite SultanateRare
• Funj SultanateRare
• Kingdom of BugandaRare
• Gaza EmpireRare
• DenkyiraRare
• Kong EmpireRare
• NumidiaRare
• Kingdom of MauretaniaVery rare
• Kingdom of KermaVery rare
• Kingdom of KanoVery rare
• Kingdom of AnkoleVery rare
• Fante ConfederacyVery rare
• Ikhshidid DynastyVery rare
• Kingdom of MatambaVery rare
• Kingdom of KayorVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Sultanate of HobyoDeep cut
• Sultanate of AussaDeep cut
• Kingdom of AlladaDeep cut
• Kingdom of WhydahDeep cut
• Yeke KingdomDeep cut
• Kingdom of WaaloDeep cut
• KwararafaDeep cut
• Warsangali SultanateDeep cut
• Tekna ConfederationDeep cut
• Kingdom of Kongo Dia NtotilaDeep cut

Plus 133 more answers you'll have to find yourself.