>>17932672
so now you're changing the argument. the africans have had several great empires that have been acknowledged on the world stage. The Aksum empire was considered one of the 4 great world powers at one point, so how is that not making an impact? Here is Mansa Musa (and by extension, the Mali Empire) being depicted on a European Map. Those empires I mentioned all had their own architecture, science and technology (possibly, but science and tech didn't arise from powerful empires always, what scientific breakthrough can you mention that was created by the Mongolian Empire, for example?), military power, and diplomatic influence.