1)Nubia(modern day Sudan) did OK. Built pyramids. Not as high quality as Egypt's, but oh well.   2)Ethiopia did as well. They beat off the Italians in the first Italo-Abbsynian war...  3)Mali, and other flourish West African trading empires.  4)Shaka Zulu and the Zulu empire-gave Britain the most significant defeat it ever suffered against a non-European people. Hah! Take that Manchu China. Zulu empire was more militarily threatening to Britain then CHINA!  This is a list of notable African-American inventors and scientists.() Otis Boykin (1947-1982)-Inventor.  Earl S. Bell (1977-) – Inventor, architectural theorist, building designer.  Leonidas Berry (1902-1995)- Gastroenterologist. Pioneer in the development and use of the gastroscope.  Herman Branson (1914-1995)- Physicist, Educator. Best known for his research on protein structure.  David Blackwell (1919-) - Statistician  St. Elmo Brady (1884-1966) - Chemist  E. Luther Brookes (1900s?-?)- Chemist, Educator  William Warrick Cardozo (1905-1962) - Pediatrician. Pioneered research on sickle cell anemia. In October 1937 he published Immunologic Studies in Sickle Cell Anemia in the Archives of Internal Medicine, many of the findings still valid today.  Ben Carson (1951-) - Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University  Emmett Chappelle (1925-) - Scientist and researcher who made valuable contributions in several fields: medicine, biology, food science, and astrochemistry.  George Washington Carver (1865-1943) - Botanical researcher  David Crosthwait, Jr. (1898-1976) – Research engineer. An expert on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Received some 40 U.S. patents relating to HVAC systems.  Marie Maynard Daly (1921-) – First black American woman with a Ph.D. in chemistry  Charles Drew (1904-1950) - Medical researcher  Lloyd Noel Ferguson (1918-?)- Chemist, Educator. First African American to receive a chemistry doctorate (1943, University of California, Berkeley).  Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) – Mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher  Sarah P. Goode (1850s-?) - Inventor of the cabinet bed, and first African American woman to receive a patent in the United States  Joseph L. Graves Evolutionary biologist  Lloyd Hall (1894-1971) - Chemist  James A. Harris (1932-?) Co-discovered two new elements, Rutherfordium (element 104) and Hafnium (element 105)[citation needed] , at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.  Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911-1992) - Scientist and inventor at Bell Laboratories  John E Hodge (1914-1996) - Chemist  Erich Jarvis - Duke University Neuroscience who studies bird sogsb  Elgy S. Johnson (?-1987)- Mathematician  Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961) - Inventor  Percy Julian (1899-1975) - Chemist  Ernest Just (1883-1941) - Biologist  Samuel Lee Kountz, Jr. (1931-1981)- Transplant surgeon/researcher. A pioneer in organ transplantation, particularly renal transplant research and surgery. Author or co-author of 172 articles in scientific publications.  Lewis Latimer (1848-1928) – Inventor  USAF Major Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967) first black astronaut and member of the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program  Jan Matzeliger (1852-1889) – Inventor  Henry McBay (1914-1995) - Chemist  Ronald McNair (1950-1986) – Astronaut killed during mission STS-51-L  Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) – Inventor  Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894) – Inventor and engineer  John Uzo Ogbu (1939–2003) – Anthropologist who studied race and intelligence  Claude Steele (? -) – Social scientist who first studied stereotype threat  Vivien Thomas (August 29, 1910 – November 26, 1985), African-American surgical technician who helped develop the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s.  Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)  Granville Woods (1856-1910) – Inventor  Madam C.J. Walker (1867–1919) – Inventor, Legendary female inventor of Black cosmetic products. Afro King,  I am glad to see you did not have to resort to Afro-Centric historical revisionism, science fiction and outright lies, which is what we usually get from Blacks. Let's face it, the history of the Negroid race is nowhere near as advanced and glorious as the history of the Caucasian race. There has never been a Black equivalent to Rome, Greece, Egypt, Babylon or Sumeria. So it seems many Blacks feel the need to resort to fabricating their own false version of history, such as claiming the ancient Egyptians were Black, to boost their self esteem. It is at least refreshing to see a Black person that does not have to resort to these pathetic tactics, good for you.     PS- Do not forget about the Kingdom of Benin  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...mask_18472.jpg  Kingdom of Kongo  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_kongo    The Nok Civilization, makers of fine sculptures and pottery;)   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nok   http://www.e-nigeria.net/images/statue.jpg   http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...180px-Nok1.jpg    Or the Kingdom of Ife  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ife   http://content.answers.com/main/cont...ronze-head.jpg  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Kings_Head.jpg    There is no need for you Blacks to attempt to steal the history and accomplishments of non Blacks and claim them as your own. Blacks need to concentrate on their real history instead of making things up about Egyptians being Black and what not. The history of the Black race is not as impressive as that of the White race, that's just reality, so for the Afro Nuts you need to just start concentrating on the here and now and the future of your race and stop making up BS lies and trying to steal other people's history and accomplishments to claim as your own. Can ya dig it?