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• Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, located in Tanzania near the border with Kenya, a dormant volcano covered in snow and ice, surrounded by a savanna

  
• Africans excelled in various fields like agriculture, metallurgy, engineering, textile production, and medicine
• Various African plants like coffee, palm oil, sugarcane, cotton, African rice, and sorghum were adopted for planting in different parts of the world
• African craftsmen advanced metallurgy and tool-making for hunting and defense, using tools like bows, arrows, knives, axes, and poison-tipped stakes
• Ancient Egyptian civilization, born along the Nile River, provided rich soil for agriculture, with the land known as Kemet, meaning "Black Land," due to the rich dark soil along the river
• Ancient Egyptians developed scientific innovations like canals for irrigation, different types of plows, and tools such as winnowing scoops, hoes, rakes, and flint-bladed sickles
• The shadoof, an irrigation tool used by Egyptians, consisted of a pole and a bucket to lift water for farming
• Ancient Egyptians used a variety of tools like ramps, sledges, and levers to build pyramids, which were designed as tombs for pharaohs

  
• Ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste due to dental problems caused by sand and grit in their bread, with toothpaste recipes dating back to ancient times
• Ancient Egyptians believed in the preservation of the body through mummification to ensure the soul recognized it in the afterlife
• Imhotep, an Egyptian polymath, was considered the first architect, engineer, and physician in recorded history, developing medicines and treatments for various illnesses
• Imhotep is thought to have diagnosed and treated tuberculosis, appendicitis, gout, gallstones, and arthritis, and may have founded the first-ever school of medicine in Memphis, Ancient Egypt