▁Africa ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁military ▁histor ies ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁Africa ▁is ▁a ▁continent ▁of ▁many ▁regions ▁with ▁diverse ▁populations ▁speaking ▁hundreds ▁of ▁different ▁languages ▁and ▁pract icing ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁cult ures ▁and ▁relig ions . ▁These ▁differences ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁much ▁conflict ▁since ▁a ▁mill enn ia . ▁ ▁Like ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Africa , ▁military ▁history ▁on ▁the ▁continent ▁is ▁often ▁divided ▁by ▁region . ▁North ▁Africa ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁cult ures ▁and ▁was ▁integral ▁to ▁the ▁military ▁history ▁of ▁classical ▁anti qu ity , ▁and ▁East ▁Africa ▁has ▁histor ically ▁had ▁various ▁states ▁which ▁have ▁often ▁war red ▁with ▁some ▁the ▁world ' s ▁most ▁powerful . ▁The ▁military ▁history ▁of ▁modern ▁Africa ▁may ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁broad ▁time ▁periods : ▁pre - colon ial , ▁colonial , ▁and ▁post - colon ial . ▁ ▁Anti qu ity ▁ ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁and ▁N ub ian ▁military ▁history ▁In ▁ 3 1 0 0 ▁BC , ▁Upper ▁Egypt ▁and ▁Lower ▁Egypt ▁were ▁un ited ▁by ▁Men es . ▁The ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁An cient ▁Egypt ▁us her ed ▁in ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁inst ability ▁that ▁was ▁not ▁stabil ized ▁until ▁M ent uh ote p ▁II ▁solid ified ▁his ▁rule ▁in ▁about ▁ 2 0 5 5 ▁BC ▁to ▁begin ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom . ▁This ▁period ▁came ▁to ▁end ▁with ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁Hy ks os , ▁who ▁introduced ▁the ▁war ▁ch ari