Ancient African Buildings
Hathor temple at Naqa (modern Sudan), ca. 10 AD
People in Africa traded more and more with the Roman Empire, with the Parthians, and with India in the first centuries AD, and African cities and towns got rich enough to be able to build a lot more stone buildings. In Kush (modern Sudan), a series of queens built stone palaces and temples.
Selling fish sauce, wheat, and olive oil to the Roman Empire made North Africa much richer than before, and cities could afford to build bigger and better stone buildings. By about 100 AD, people built great Roman-style stone buildings all over North Africa.
Learn by doing: design a temple of your own in Lego or in Minecraft
Advanced Ancient African Architecture from Quatr.us
More about Medieval African Architecture
Bibliography and further reading about African architecture: