For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

Ancient North Africa and its expansive civilizations -- Rome and North Africa -- Medieval North Africa: from the arrival of Islam to the Berber empires -- Almoravid and the Almohad empires and their ...

"For centuries, this map has minimised Africa, feeding into a narrative that the continent ... Mercator's projection inflated northern regions and compressed equatorial ones, making Europe and North ...

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