Possibly the Egyptian empire was the oldest as at around 1425 BC, Egypt expanded its territories.
invasions
It goes like this. The greatest has to be Ethiopia. I'm not even Ethiopian and I'll acknowledge that. Despite current problems, no African state or empire has gone through as much, been around as...
timbuktu
The king could posses gold nuggets or wear sewn clothes. Kings served mediators, settlingarguments among their people?