European Historian Beliefs

Most Europeans in this time period had the same opinions about the continent of Africa, more specifically the Mali kingdom, that historians like Hugh Trevor-Roper and Georg Hegel had, that Africa was a "dark" continent. In this sense "dark" is a synonym of uncivilized, and prehistoric. Civilizations like Mali were believed to have no history or advancements of any kind. All achievements were attributed to Asians or Europeans, and some people refused to believe that colored people had arrived in Africa before white people. In the opinion of Europeans there were no civilized kingdoms, empires, cities, or states, only barbaric tribes with no government system. Although these thoughts were common among people at this time they were untrue, especially about the kingdom of Mali, and this blog will tell why.