The name "Africa" appeared in the II century BC. e. But then it was not even called a huge continent. In the year 146 BC. e. Romans conquered the land in present-day Tunisia. They founded a colony, calling it Africa, obviously, by name Berber plemёn- afarikov who lived in the vast area up to Gibraltar. Other areas of the continent for a long time called Libya and Ethiopia. In the XVI century scholar Muhammad al-waza wrote that the name "Africa" comes from the word "faraka", which means "to divide." Africa- splinter vast continent of Gondwana, which many thousands of years ago existed in the southern hemisphere of our planet. As with other fragments of this continent, Africa has massive shape.
The name "Africa" appeared in the II century BC. e. But then it was not even called a huge continent. In the year 146 BC. e. Romans conquered the land in present-day TunisiaThey founded a colony, calling it Africa, obviously, by name Berber plemёn- afarikov who lived in the vast area up to GibraltarOther areas of the continent for a long time called Libya and Ethiopia. In the XVI century scholar Muhammad al-waza wrote that the name "Africa" comes from the word "faraka", which means "to divide."Africa- splinter vast continent of Gondwana, which many thousands of years ago existed in the southern hemisphere of our planet. As with other fragments of this continent, Africa has massive shape.
